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4XrQ6 TIL the pollen of the cattail plant is a good source of protein that can be mixed with flour and used in baking. Young cattail shoots and roots can also be eaten.
QgKa TIL Male bats perform oral sex on female bats (the only other species besides humans that have been observed doing this)
oRmp7 TIL that the Counting Crows song "Mrs. Potter's Lullaby" was written about the woman who plays Nicolas Cage's wife in "Con Air".
BMND TIL there is a company that will orchestrate your own kidnapping, torture and interrogation for money. Just to see how much you can take. You can set up a kidnap-window anywhere around a few days to six weeks. You’re still in control with two special words; the moderator word and the end word.
yVlWX TIL about the Great Green Wall — a UN project to stop the Sahara from expanding south