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TIL that pearlfish will sometimes seek shelter in the anus of a sea cucumber. If the entrance is shut, the pearlfish will stick its tail in its mouth, cutting off its oxygen supply and forcing it to open its anus

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9Yw77 TIL of Чадоград, a "city" where everything is run by kids. Each visiting kid is given training by "doctors", can learn how to operate a plane, learn journalism, and even driving lessons. Also exists a "bank" among other buildings to prepare kids for the real world.
MemP8 TIL Female mummies in Ancient Egypt were always more decomposed than their male counterparts. They discovered that this was because male bodies were embalmed a lot sooner than female bodies. Female bodies were kept at the family home until they started to decompose in order to avoid necrophilia.
oRNnK TIL That Once a Year One Guy Buys All of Israel's Bread for $300 Million
Nb86 TIL that Paul Walker was in a jewelry store one day when he noticed a young U.S. military veteran with his fiance shopping for a wedding ring. Paul went to the manager and said “Put that girl’s ring on my tab.”
WkPAL TIL that according to a Welsh study of 1000 men over the course of 20 years, men who had two or more orgasms per week died at half the rate of men who had less than that number of orgasm per month.