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TIL that there are male-only species of clams that reproduce by having their sperm fertilize the eggs of other clam species, kicking out most of the egg's DNA

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VMxV8 TIL about Mitchelville. A self governing American town where newly freed slaves developed and thrived as the first free black town after the Civil War.
v1ZnD TIL about DNP,a chemical that causes rapid weight loss in humans.It was prescribed to 100,000 people in the 1930s in the US and then discontinued after 2 people used 10x the recommended dose and died.It's being studied as potential treatment for obesity,Alzheimer's,Parkinson's diseases and epilespy.
v1npB TIL that the island of Borneo is the only island to be split between three countries: Brunei (entirely on the island), Malaysia (partially on the Asian mainland, partially on Borneo), and Indonesia (an archipelago)
8pDP TIL a duel between three people is called a truel
GYLG7 TIL the real "Last Samurai" was not American, but French. Here's the story of Jules Brunet