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TIL that silverfish have an unusually adorable three-step mating ritual that closely mirrors the structure of standard romantic comedies.

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Gpxg TIL that there is a man in China who rents a house by the Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge so that he can save the lives of suicidal jumpers.
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oMvY TIL that Jamaican fishermen are able to navigate their boats through dangerous coral reefs in the darkness of a moonless night because of the improved night vision gained by ingesting cannabis.
OoLE6 TIL The Allies worked with the Serbians and Yugoslav partisans to systematically execute Tens of thousands of civilians fleeing Axis nations. Termed “Bleiburg Massacre” and later changed to “repatriation”
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