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TIL: the Club-winged manakin has evolved solid wing bones which it can shake 100 times per second to create sounds to attract a mate

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Oovoa TIL the legality of shooting porn in California can be traced back to the prosecution of a single adult movie: "Caught From Behind 2," made in 1983
VM75m TIL of Marty Irby who spoke out against soring TN Walking Horses: caustic stuff & weights are put on legs; a horse throws its leg in the air reacting to the pain which trains the horse for The Big Lick high-stepping. Irby got death threats & even his wife left him for taking a stance against soring.
nagb TIL that Watson, the Jeopardy! playing supercomputer, was taught slang from Urban Dictionary. His creators had to wipe Watson’s memory.
dDZj8 TIL Coco Chanel was a Nazi Agent in WWIi Paris
XGbP TIL that in Japan, May 9th is officially recognized as “Goku Day” to honor the protagonist of the Dragonball series.