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TIL civil rights activist Effa Manley is the lone female member of the Baseball Hall of Fame

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8ey8X TIL: Squirrels gather nuts and seeds during the fall and bury them in the ground or hide them in their nests over a large area (scatterhoarding), and often forget them, resulting in new trees (mutualism). In winter, they eat them after finding the buried nuts.
Ego90 TIL Post-coital tristesse is is the feeling of sadness, anxiety, agitation or aggression, after orgasm in sexual intercourse or masturbation. Basically the scientific label for post-nut clarity. Wiki also says it is self-diagnosed, and lasts 5 minutes - 2 hours.
exyD TIL that The Infected in ‘The Last Of Us’ are infected by a fungus called Ophiocordyceps unilateralis which can be found in some species of ants today. The fungus alters the ants behaviour, kills it, consumes its tissues and grows outside it, releasing its spores.
BgRld TIL that mosquitoes (and many other bugs) have a much higher tolerance for alcohol than humans.
9dLB TIL during the Black Plague, it was thought that bad smells were the cause of the plague. “Plague Doctors” therefore wore masks with long beak-like noses stuffed with flowers or smoke to hide the smells.