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TIL that 97% of the Amish use washing machines.

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J1ODv TIL Army ants were used to close open wounds. When grasped just behind the head, the ants will open their mandibles wide. One mandible is placed on each side of the cut and the ant then clamps down. Its head is then snipped off while clamped onto the wound, acting like a staple.
N7wgE TIL baby Sanddollars (like a sea urchin) eat the heaviest bits of sand they can find, to weigh them down so they don't get swept away, like a teeny tiny weight belt
mX1Y TIL There is a key change in every verse of “I Walk the Line” and you can hear Johnny Cash hum before each verse to get his pitch (cannot unhear)
b9N79 TIL that Déjà rêvé is the feeling of having already dreamed something that you are now experiencing.
XEEQR TIL that just before ejaculation sperm travels thru a tube called the vas deferens and picks up a sugary substance that acts a bit like rocket fuel.