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TIL Pornhub announced it would be making a kinetic energy electric generator, aimed primarily at males, which uses the motion of masturbation to generate an electrical charge that can charge electronics.

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grrPy TIL Parrots eat clay to increase their sodium levels, especially when food is scarce. This is most common during the breeding season when parrots need extra minerals to feed their young. Clay helps eliminate toxins from the body, allowing parrots to eat toxic foods without becoming ill.
LXPP TIL That many of Rodin’s most famous works, including The Thinker, are actually enlargements from a single sculptural piece, The Gates of Hell
oR9dE TIL Jackie Kennedy studied French Indochina and become passionate about it .Her fluency in French and knowledge of French History was particularly valuable, as she was able to translate French books, documents, and treaties related to Indochina, which helped JFK in his understanding of the region.
OoY71 TIL in the 1940s, AT&T sued Harry Tuttle for inventing the Hush-A-Phone—a device that silenced phones from eavesdroppers. AT&T argued the “device hadn’t been installed by their company” and the FCC voted in AT&T’s favor, but Tuttle continued to fight the case in open court and eventually won.
yVeda TIL Fungi communicate with each other through electrical signals carried by underground filaments. Scientists studying these networks have identified common signal patterns that make up a vocabulary of up to 50 “words”