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TIL that vultures can’t sweat, so they pee on their legs to cool off

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rRvMo TIL that a cult in Papua New Guinea promised villagers that their banana harvest would increase every time they engaged in public sex. After a villager reported to the polіcе that the cult members had been using thrеats of viоlence to fоrce people to have sex in public, the leader escаped
j66ln TIL the Māori name for France is Wīwī, derived from the French phrase "oui, oui"
p48G TIL KitchenAid has moved manufacturing of hand mixers from China back to the USA
mxN5R TIL that in 1982, Indian composer-musician Charanjit Singh combined electronic disco and classical ragas. In the process, he created an anachronistically modern sound -- anticipating the Acid House genre almost a decade before its existence.
X05Ar TIL that in 2005, a Ph.D. student at the University of British Columbia nominated a fire hydrant to run for the Board of Governors (and even acted as its "translator"). The hydrant pulled in 900 votes, missing a seat by six ballots.