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TIL about the sport Slippery Stairs where contestants try to climb stairs covered in lube

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9wJXr TIL that catfish can taste with every part of their body. They have more than 100,000 taste buds on the surface of their bodies, ­making them virtual swimming tongues.
4kKLo TIL that one of the oldest recorded desserts in history is fruitcake, which dates back to ancient Egypt around 3000 BC.
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