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TIL Fruit flies drink alcohol when they are sexually frustrated.

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4XMB6 TIL About James Brooke, a British adventurer who managed to take away most of Brunei's territory for himself and rule as the "White Rajah of Sarawak"
7rXQ7 TIL about the Galloway Hoard, the most significant Viking Age treasure hoard ever discovered, which was found in Scotland by a metal detectorist in 2014
l7pJB TIL: You can only bring five speficic fruits on a plane to the EU - Coconuts, Durians, Pineapples, Dates and Bananas