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699bw TIL about Bhutanese talking stamps, which you can play on a record player to hear folk songs and learn about the history of Bhutan
kJEk5 TIL there is a protein in the saliva of vampire bats that prevents blood from clotting, enabling them to drink as much as they need. It is called Draculin
4keyR TIL Steve Jobs frequently ate at a restaurant his biological father owned. The owner and Jobs didn’t know they were father and son.
v1KG8 TIL that Scientists Genetically Engineered Flies to Ejaculate Under Red Light. Their experiments confirm that sex is pleasurable, even for animals we think of as simple.
Vmxp TIL that rival ice cream truck drivers in Glasgow in the 80s sold drugs from their trucks, shot at each other, and committed arson in the Glasgow Ice Cream Wars