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TIL that after a dueling, it’s common for two male giraffes to have sex with eachother. Such interactions between males have been found to be more frequent than heterosexual coupling

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4kDNN TIL about the true crime case of Shane coffey & how he meticulously planned to murder a woman in the UK after learning twice that she was talking to other males besides him & travelled all the way from Boston to the 🇬🇧 with a concealed 🔪 to carry out his plan only to be beaten up by her brother
1gOO TIL that, except under exceptional circumstances, drug testing for employment is not allowed in Canada, because it does not respect the Canadian Human Rights Act.
vPvMK TIL Dolly Parton wrote two of her biggest hits - "Jolene" and "I Will Always Love You" - on the same day.
nWmJB TIL that there is a species of frog called the "purple frog" that spends most of its life underground and only emerges for a few days each year to breed during the monsoon season.
Wk5nA TIL fireworks were invented in China sometime between 200 BC and 900 AD. It is believed Marco Polo brought fireworks from China to Europe in 1295, and the global popularity exploded after that. In 1830, colors were added in Italy by adding different metallic powders.