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TIL That platypus have no nipples. Their milk oozes out of mammary gland ducts and collects in grooves on their skin--where the nursing babies lap it up or suck it from tufts of fur.

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rR0ax TIL That 'flint' lighters produce toxic 'flint' dust. This toxic dust is visible and appears as smoke when a flint lighter is ignited. Flint dust contains rare earth metals, especially bad when inhaled. Any smoker concerned about their health should use an electronic ignition lighter.
mxY5o TIL Tom Wilson (Biff from Back to the Future) received the same questions about the movies so frequently, he made a song about them
dD859 TIL Peppermint is a natural hybrid between spearmint and water mint.
xdn5 TIL William Shockley, father of silicon valley, was a proponent of eugenics. He proposed that individuals with IQs below 100 be paid to undergo voluntary sterilization.
ZOKQ TIL Approximately half of the atoms in our bodies originated in the Milky Way, while the other half are from other galaxies.