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TIL That Termites Can Produce Hydrogen

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v1868 TIL that in 1991, the Russian news broadcaster Vremya had to shut down after a large number of the staff were discovered to be KGB agents.
Oo5xa TIL that adult cats will meow at humans as cats don't meow at other cats. They have different ways of communicates to other cats verses humans.
m6Ox TIL that after uncovering the ruins of Pompeii, researchers discovered ancient graffiti including phrases such as: “Weep, you girls. My penis has given you up. Now it penetrates men’s behinds. Goodbye, wondrous femininity!”
ZpGNY TIL a number is US cities are named after the Miami Native American nation of the Great Lakes but Miami Florida is not one of them. Miami Florida is named after the Miami River which is fed from Lake Mayaimi, now Lake Okeechobee.
LgEm TIL that in the 1950s a scientist at Tulane University discovered the “pleasure centers” of the brain by zapping it with electricity and gave a woman a 30-minute orgasm.