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TIL of John Fryer who, as Dr. Anonymous, addressed the APA in a clown tuxedo and Nixon mask... and changed the world.

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BPay TIL A zoo in Japan once spent four years trying to mate a pair of hyenas before realizing they were both males, due to how similar a female pseudo penis is to a real one.
Mxpb TIL During WWII, Chinese resistence fighters mixed high explosives into flour for smuggling. The flour could be used for pancakes and safely eaten. Uneaten pancakes could still be used as explosives.
dgP7 TIL that a lottery winner of £1 Million in the UK spent £500,000 over 18 months in 22 countries, glugging champagne, buying designer clothes and sleeping with least 150 women; then invested the rest and more than made back all the money he spent.
Y70Rv TIL hummingbirds, numbering about 340 species, are only found in the wild in North and South America. There are birds that drink nectar in Africa and Asia, and they are also small and colorful like hummingbirds, but they are called sunbirds.
jNDYQ TIL: In Massachusetts, the minimum age for marriage is 12 for females and 14 for males.