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TIL that Pandas have been shown "Panda Pornography" and dosed with Viagra to encourage them to breed in captivity.

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VMENQ TIL of Chinese folklore's "Pixiu", a creature that was banished from the heavens for being unruly--; It was spanked by the Jade Emperor so hard that its butthole was sealed, leaving it cursed to a diet of gold, silver, and jewels but unable to expel any of it.
dMyB TIL that 62 of the 97 people onboard the Hindenburg survived when it was destroyed.
yVLnJ TIL that there exists a “Chili Appreciation Society” that hosts cookoffs about the best chili
oBLeK TIL Saccorhytus coronarius, a 535-million year old sea creature, is also the earliest known ancestor of humans.
wAWo TIL Mr Bean’s humour truly crosses language and cultural barriers; a friend of Rowan Atkinson’s was in a poor African village during the 90s when she heard loud laughter coming from a shack. She went in & discovered most of the village gathered around a fuzzy black & white TV watching Mr Bean.