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TIL Heated seats may cause infertility in men

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EgKRX Today I learned it’s supposed to be “champing at the bit” rather than “chomping”
WkV99 TIL Pythagoras' followers weren't allowed to eat beans. He believed that the flatulence caused by the beans would take away a piece of the soul.
JY7Q1 TIL the New Mexico whiptail lizard is an all-female species. Their eggs grow without fertilization and all the offspring are female. They also have female-female courtships.
ADELo TIL of Cymburga, a 15th Century Polish princess who became the female ancestor of all later Habsburgs. She was "renowned both for her beauty and for her ability to drive nails into oak planks with her bare fists."
9wrVp TIL that animals lacking teeth to grind their food (eg. birds, fish) have a specialized stomach containing rocks to replace that function.