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TIL that Farsi (Persian) is a completely gender neutral language with no distinction between he and she او.

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NwVQ TIL a species of fruit fly was kept in complete darkness for 57 years (1400 generations), showing genetic alterations that occur as a result of environmental conditions.
w6N1 TIL Häagen Dazs doesn’t mean anything in any language, the creator just wanted the name to sound like something foreign
R0b7 TIL the Japanese word for male masturbation is “Senzuri” (“a hundred rubs”), while female masturbation is “Shiko shiko manzuri” (“ten thousand rubs”).
gMrdX Depending on your beliefs (and luck), when you drop dead, a variety of things await what’s left of your handsome corpse. If you’re Christian, you might be put in a box, and your friends will come by to tell each other how great you look. Nobody said this when you were alive—but hey, take what you can get! Hindus are typically cremated, and if you’re a Jedi, you might meet a similar fate while surrounded by Ewoks.If you kick the bucket in certain parts of Mozambique, a wake of vultures might gather round and peck out your lifeless eyeballs. After devouring your eyes, these scavenging birds will most likely move on to your butt. Like Sir Mix-A-Lot—but for different reasons—vultures are preoccupied with the derriere. Vultures are just opportunists, and they naturally go after the soft spots first.National Geographic Explorer Jen Guyton is studying mammal ecology and conservation in Gorongosa National Park in Mozambique. In this week’s Today I Learned, Guyton explains that vultures are eating more tush than usual due to loss of larger scavengers. Bon appétit!Click here to read more on why vultures are important.
ADd6g TIL that eating horse meat, while relatively common in Continental Europe, is seen as taboo in English-speaking countries