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TIL there is only one mammal species that uses stridulation as a means of communication with other members of its group. The lowland streaked tenrec, native to Madagascar, uses its spines to create high-pitched sounds by rubbing them against each other just as crickets use their scrapers to chirp.

QNy1e TIL Vietnam is the second largest exporter of coffee in the world
Xa8P TIL that there was a study that says short men have sex more often
LkkJP Lots of animals reproduce asexually. Why not humans?
wLpZP TIL about Agloe, New York, a fake village created by mapmakers as a "copyright trap" to catch plagiarists
VMMjp TIL Apple bought $270 billion dollars worth of "intangible assets" from Ireland --- more than the entire value of all the residential property in Ireland.