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TIL that honey bees ejaculate so forcefully that their penises explode. This kills the honey bee.

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no7P TIL An average cloud weighs 216 thousand pounds. An average storm cloud weighs 105.8 million pounds.
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LkmPv TIL Henry Heimlich used “slick tactics” and “intimidation” to get support for the Heimlich Maneuver. Outside of the US, the recommended first aid for choking is to perform sharp blows to the back.
woypY TIL The CCI Prison Execution House Is Still Standing
VBnB0 TIL crystal skulls aren’t Mesoamerican. So far all the specimens submitted to scientific inquiry are proven to be European in origin.