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TIL of a rare, endangered marsupial that produces fatal levels of testosterone during 3-week "sex marathons." By the time the babies are born each year, all of the adult males have dropped dead.

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VBlZ TIL there are only 210 people in the armed forces of Iceland
0wpLy TIL that every tourist to the Kingdom of Bhutan must pay a daily fee of USD$250. This tax is to discourage large tour groups of "low-quality high impact tourists" that may damage Bhutan's fragile and unspoiled environment.
GAZ8G TIL about Josef Hassid, a Polish violinist who was a child prodigy and was praised by Kreisler, among many, as one of the greatest violinists, who died at age 27.
b9D7a TIL that some people don't have an inner internal monologue.
N9O6 TIL that the annual revenue of all companies founded by Stanford alumni and faculty members is $2.7 trillion, more than the GDP of all but nine countries in the world.