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TIL they had car phones in the 1940s

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Wko14 TIL that to know when to mate, a 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.
pOQQ TIL Peine forte et dure was a method of torture formerly used in the common law legal system, in which a defendant who refused to plead guilt or innocence would be subjected to having heavier and heavier stones placed upon their chest until a plea was entered, or they died.
Y7GRW TIL about the 2009 satellite collision where two satellites crashed into each other. Three years later a piece of debris from that collision passed the ISS at a distance of 120 m (390 ft) and all crew members had to take refuge inside two docked spacecraft
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