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TIL Chinchilla fur is so thick and soft that fleas will suffocate if they try to live there

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6EdwY TIL that older forms of English kept Latin’s gender specific suffixes -tor and -trix, -tor is for men and -trix is for women. So a male pilot is a aviator and a female pilot is a aviatrix. A male fighter is a gladiator and a female fighter is a gladiatrix
704Z TIL that throughout the entire series of “Friends”, the six characters slept with a combined total of 85 people. And yes, Joey had the most.
kQrE TIL that in the late 1950s, China’s government began a campaign to kill millions of sparrows because they ate crops. As a result, there was a huge increase in crop-eating insects, which led to a severe famine.
oB4wL TIL that Bill Murray will call Kelly Lynch's husband every time he sees Patrick Swayze having sex with her in Road House
871V TIL North Korea holds elections every 5 years in which the ballots list only one candidate.