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TIL Fruit flies drink alcohol when they are sexually frustrated.

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R7dBl TIL Mitigation explains one of the great anomalies of plane crashes. Crashes are far more likely to happen when the captain — that is, the more experienced pilot — is in the flying seat because of the 'Mitigated Speech'.
ZpxGD TIL foreign investors estimated the Confederacy had a 42% chance of winning the Civil War, just before the Battle of Gettysburg
gMl74 TIL A butler serves a household while a valet serves an individual.
oRmE8 TIL Alex Ovechkin was such a highly regarded NHL prospect that the Florida Panthers attempted to draft him in the 9th round of the 2003 draft, despite the fact that he was born two days after the eligibility cutoff date. The Panthers argued he should be eligible taking leap years into consideration.
6Elbl TIL That deep underwater, red looks as green. The deeper you go in the ocean, the less red light there is in the sunlight that reaches you. Without red color in the sunlight, only green light reflects from the blood.