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TIL there's a type of tree in Cancun called the "tourist tree" because the tree's bark is red and peeling, like the skin of the sunburnt tourists in the region

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JYAx1 TIL that Andrei Chikatilo, who violently murdered 52 people in the Soviet Union from 1978-90, was initially cleared as a suspect in 1984 because his blood type was A while the semen found at the crime scenes was AB. His second arrest revealed his blood and semen belonged to different blood groups.
9Y9yQ TIL penguins can drink saltwater because of glands near their eyes that remove salt from their bloodstream and then they can sneeze out the extra salt.
b6WM0 TIL that while mixing their hit song "Africa", Toto keyboardist, Steve Porcaro wrote a new song on the side, inspired by his daughter. While the melody was set, it never materialized as a song until it was picked up by another singer. The singer was Michael Jackson. The song was Human Nature
aenJ TIL Blue Raspberry flavor is actually based on a white berry known as white bark raspberry
BrKAb TIL that the sound we make when we sneeze is not natural and we feel obliged to add it. Deaf poeple don't add any sound effect, like "Atchoo" when they sneeze.