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TIL that a third of japan’s adults are virgins

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Bry8b TIL that bats are one of just a few species, besides humans, that communicates directly to individual bats, instead of just making broad communication sounds.
y16X TIL that, despite his wealth, King Farouk of Egypt (1920-65) was a kleptomaniac, going so far as to steal a pocket watch from Winston Churchill. Once, having suffered a nightmare in which he was chased by an angry lion, he went to Cairo Zoo and shot all the lions in their cages.
dK0K TIL that “Ugly Laws” in the US banned many disabled people from appearing in public until the 1970s.
9YD4B TIL Quine is a self-reproducing program, where it has no input, but its output is an exact copy of itself.
QNgPL TIL ants evolved from wasps