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TIL that seahorses engage in an eight hour courtship dance which includes spinning around, swimming side by side and changing colors.

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7N0p TIL in 1964, dendrochronologist Donald Currey got his tree corer stuck in a bristlecone pine and retrieved it by cutting it down. After counting its rings, he realized he had killed the oldest recorded tree in the world.
4XbJN TIL : California is an area where 2 major tectonic plates meet. Scientists say it's a tectonic time bomb because, if a large scale earthquake occurred in this fault, it will cause a devastating damage as it's a highly populated region.
l7lYG TIL that female vampire bats are highly social, coordinating with a group of friends to find prey, and going as far as to share blood (by regurgitating it into each other's mouths). This circle of trust helps bats survive - a hungry bat can always take a "blood loan" from a bat that overfed.
8eNwK TIL recording artist Terence Trent D’Arby was a lightweight champ earned who earned an invitation to boxing school in the U.S. Army, enlisted and served his country for three years in Oklahoma and West Germany, but was dishonorably discharged in 1983 for going AWOL.
Rvy4 TIL a study was done for which over 200 cigarette smokers were observed for a year as they attempted to kick the habit. 62% relapsed within the first two weeks, and 95% of those who smoked even just one cigarette after trying to quit resumed their previous pattern of smoking.