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TIL: Female bats give oral sex to male bats as foreplay to prolong the act of mating

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4Y1J TIL the origin of the word “decimate” as we use it today came from the Roman military practice of punishing groups of soldiers by executing every 10th man
K7j6 TIL, the pen name, Mark Twain, is steamboat slang for 12 feet of water.
5yrP TIL The US and New Zealand are the only two countries that allow pharmaceutical commercials on TV.
klB5 TIL Futurama writer Ken Keeler invented and proved a mathematical theorem strictly for use in the plot of an episode
Jxw8 TIL that when asked for his thoughts on the migration of New Zealanders to Australia, the Prime Minister of New Zealand stated that the “annual exodus of Kiwis to Australia raised the average IQ of both countries”.