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TIL that worms also fence with their penises.

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g4v4 TIL Coca Cola was invented by morphine addicted Confederate Colonel John Pemberton as a morphine substitute and its original ingredients include coca leaves which is the raw material for manufacture of cocaine.
nwKo TIL the common garden snail can pass over the edge of razor blade without harm
rRX0d TIL that Harrison Schmitt, an American geologist, retired NASA astronaut, and former U.S. senator, is often credited with capturing the famed photograph of the Earth know as The Blue Marble, and he personally collected rock samples that suggested the moon once processed an active magnetic field.
v1eX7 A new print-in-place technique for electronics is gentle enough to work on delicate surfaces including paper and human skin, researchers report. The advance could enable technologies such as high-adhesion, embedded electronic tattoos, and bandages tricked out with patient-specific biosensors.
xVW1w TIL that, in order for the British Army to legally exist, Parliament must pass an act every 5 years. This stems from the Bill of Rights 1689, which forbade a standing army in time of peace without Parliamentary approval.