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TIL that rats masturbate

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mxg4O TIL that blindsight is a specific form of blindness that allows people to respond to visual stimuli in their environment despite not being able to consciously see anything.
YplOP TIL that The Great Sphinx of Giza is the oldest monumental sculpture in human history!
GYMP4 TIL when drummer Vinny Appice joined Black Sabbath, he had to learn their songs on stage, using hastily written notes when playing unfamiliar songs. During one of the shows, a rainstorm made the ink run on Appice's notes
b6EO7 TIL the Imperial Japanese Army killed 250,000 Chinese civilians while searching for US airmen after the Doolittle Raid,
M7ZLm TIL a Wells Fargo employee named Denise Ann Prudhomme was found dead at her desk 4 days after she had last scanned her badge to get into work. She was discovered when another employee walking by noticed that she was "slumped over" in her chair. Her death was ruled "a natural, sudden cardiac death."