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TIL that a group of pandas is called an embarrassment

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5VlwD TIL Platypuses are biofluorescent with a research study in 2020 finding that they glow bluish-green when exposed to a black light.
GAZkg TIL Nearly half of South Korean residential rentals use the “jeonse" system where renter gives an interest-free loan to the landlord based on the house's price in lieu of rent
l7Vm5 TIL in 2019, a Brazilian trafficker serving a 73-year sentence tried to escape prison by disguising himself as his teenage daughter during her visit. His plan was to leave her behind, but his nervous behaviour at the exit gave him away. He took his own life three days later
kXee TIL of the “dementor wasp,” called Ampulex dementor, which injects a toxin into cockroaches that leave them alive but without a will of their own, yet still mobile enough that they can run right into the wasp’s nest to be conveniently devoured
P1MKG TIL cod fish have regional languages and accents. As seas are getting warmer, populations of cod are moving north and coming into contact for the first time. They struggle to understand each other which is making it harder for them to mate.