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TIL the “water boatman” is the loudest animal in the world, making 20 more decibels of noise than a freight train using only it’s penis

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gMlWA TIL Ocean Spray Cranberry Cocktail comes from cooperatively owned cranberry farms where 100% of product profits are returned to farmers.
oBgvR TIL that Ben Innes took a selfie with his plane's hijacker citing that if the bomb was real, he had nothing to lose anyway.
GYLgQ TIL about Michael Taylor (demoniac), and English butcher born in 1944. He is known for the Ossett murder case in 1974 and his demonic possessions. There is very little info about him, does anyone know where he is now? His last arrest was in 2005. He would be in his 70s-80s today.
Me41K TIL that same-sex sexual activity is punishable by death in Iran, but Iranians can get a state-sponsored sex change operation to avoid punishment. Iran performs more sex reassignment surgeries than any other country in the world after Thailand.
4KWX TIL March 1993 blizzard dubbed the “Storm of the Century” affected more than 40% of the US population, killed 300 people, and caused 10 million to lose power, despite the fact that much of the media hesitated to broadcast the forecast due to the enormous numbers predicted by the weather models.