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TIL Heaven's Gate purchased alien abduction insurance for fifty of it's members that would pay out $1M if someone was abducted, impregnated, or killed by space aliens.

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gYxW TIL a man from China bought a first class ticket which came with access to a VIP lounge and flyers could get a free meal. He rescheduled over 300 times over a year to enjoy (presumably) over 300 meals. When investigated, he canceled the ticket and got a full refund.
WNRN TIL that the male giraffe will continuously headbutt the female in the bladder until she urinates. The male then tastes the pee and that helps it determine whether the female is ovulating. If she is, it’s business time.
xW4B TIL that left-handed sugar exists. It is an artificial, mirrored variant of regular glucose which tastes exactly the same but can’t be metabolized as normal. As a result, it contains very few calories, can be eaten by diabetics and doesn’t promote tooth decay.
p8YV8 TIL The Greenland shark is the longest living vertebrate on Earth.
dDDP8 TIL there was an advert in the UK for the food 'faggots'. It was found to have breached the advertising standards code due to the line "I've got nothing against faggots, I just don't fancy them". Facebook also banned many users for using the word on their platform.