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TIL that worms also fence with their penises.

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nepZP TIL trees can stimulate cloud production in order to cool down by producing substances known as monoterpenes
e098D TIL of Joseph Grew, the US ambassador to Japan during the lead-up to WWII, who in Jan. 1941 heard rumors in Tokyo that the Japanese were preparing a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor in case of a break with the US. Grew even alerted the US State Department.
vp84 TIL that 19th century gentlemen looking for “casual encounters” with ladies they’ve never met before would present them with funny calling cards to discreetly ask them to “accompany them home”.
jNL4E TIL that the Pentagon Building has no marble within it. This is because the Pentagon was built during WW2 amd the source of Marble for the government which was Italy was considered an enemy nation.
Wk8BN TIL Mt. Rainier is rated one of the most dangerous volcanoes in the world. It is on the list of the World's 16 "Decade Volcanoes", so-called due to their history of large, destructive eruptions and proximity to densely populated areas, threatening tens or hundreds of thousands of people.