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TIL rats experience feelings of regret like humans

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NZKN TIL the Titanic’s older sister ship, the Olympic kind of was unsinkable, it crashed into a plethora of things without sinking and was used in WWI to ram and sink German U-boats.
Y7Pox TIL that Dragonflies have six legs, but cannot walk. They instead use their legs to hold prey.
X7Y8 TIL sex toys are illegal in India, and their sale punishable by 2 years in prison
o4Vr TIL that Vishakanyas or ‘Poison damsels" were girls who were used as assasins.They were made poisonous by exposing them to low-intensity poison from a very young age. Their body fluids would be “poisoned” and sexual contact would thus be lethal to other humans.
QJbNa TIL That in 1889 a postcard was sent from Australia to Scotland and didn't arrive until 2001 - 112 years late