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TIL British troops used over 72 million amphetamine tablets during WWII

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XEOKr TIL that domestic cats are responsible for the global extinction of 33 animal species
yQ04v TIL that the G-spot is named after Dr. Ernst Gräfenberg who claimed to have discovered a region in the anterior vaginal wall that was particularly sensitive to tactile stimulation
wJ51 TIL the Portuguese man o’ war is not a jellyfish, but a siphonophore, a colony of creatures that cannot live independently of one another.
neP6Y Today I learned that the genome of Golden Delicious apples has been mapped, and they have over twice as many genes as humans (57,000 genes vs. 25,000 genes).
4XJAX TIL that the first full-length full-color film was an American historical drama "Becky Sharp", directed by Rouben Mamoulian in 1935. It was shot on 3-strip technicolor cameras that captured separate color records onto three strips of film.