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TIL The wild bison of Yellowstone National Park have adapted to utilize the local hot springs as bidets to clean the thick fur of their nether regions before mating

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Z8QBv TIL about Mariano Martinez. A man who in 1971 modified an ice cream machine to create the first frozen margarita machine. He did this to meet demand for a popular margarita recipe he was serving at the time. You can find his invention on display at the Smithsonian Museum for American history.
kRgB TIL the family of Ron Goldman (the guy OJ was acquitted of murdering) was awarded the rights to his infamous book “If I Did It” as a result of the civil trial, renamed it “Confessions of a Killer”, then published it.
OwQg TIL more than 130 years after Darwin suggested that a large moth pollinated an African orchid, his 1862 hypothesis was confirmed. Darwin had postulated the existence of an otherwise unknown species of insect based purely on the size of the flower and his understanding of evolution and ecology.
4aLw TIL that Dubai once tried to outlaw the oldest profession (Prostitution) back in the 70’s and then all the prostitutes went to their banks and withdrew their money before leaving the country – which almost resulted in the collapse of that bank and the economy at the time.
nWBy7 TIL that an Irish American by the name of Malcolm Loughead was a renowned engineer who invented the hydraulic brakes that all cars use today. You might already know his company because he got so sick of people mispronouncing his last name that he changed it’s spelling to the more phonetic “Lockheed”