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YpG8x TIL female penguins prostitute to get pebbles for their nests
gMBDL TIL Although the custom is relatively recent, larvae are used frequently by several brands of mezcal to give flavor to the drink. A whole larva is deposited in the bottle, normally after having previously been cured in pure alcohol. Today, several brands are doing this including Patron.
6MGZ TIL that the Darian calendar is a proposed system of time-keeping for Mars. The year is divided into 24 months of four weeks; each week has seven days: Sol Solis, Sol Lunae, Sol Martis, Sol Mercurii, Sol Jovis, Sol Veneris and Sol Saturni.
KORZ4 Til that an average American spends 700 dollars on gifts and holiday goodies, which totals upto 400 billion dollars each year
b9L49 TIL that Admiral Lord Nelson, famous for his victory (and death) at the Battle of Trafalgar, attempted to hunt a polar bear in the Arctic at the age of 14. His musket misfired and he had to fight the now angry bear with the musket butt until a rift in the ice separated them.