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STICKY You ever heard of Matar judíos? [720x2845 - 835KB]

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TIL ancient Romans used urine to brush their teeth, as a mouthwash to whiten their teeth and they even used it as a laundry detergent to wash their clothes off until 1700’s.

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TIL the Argonaut octopus has a long, detachable penis in order to mate with females that are five times bigger than itself. When a female swims by, the male Argonaut sends his penis off to swim to the female and mate with her.

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TIL there are "body farms" where researchers leave human bodies donated to the facility out in the open to decay under various conditions so that the results can be observed and tracked.

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TIL a study found that more than 60% of toothbrushes collected from students' shared bathrooms tested positive for fecal matter, with an 80% chance that the fecal contamination identified on the toothbrushes came from other people using the bathroom.

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TIL the ancient Egyptians and Mesopotamians would mold crocodile dung into a block which was inserted into the vagina, acting as a birth control pessary. Crocodile feces wasn’t the only excrement used as contraception. Ancient people in the Middle East used elephant poo in the same way.

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TIL castoreum is a yellowish exudate from the castor sacs of the mature North American beaver (Castor canadensis) and the European beaver (Castor fiber). It is used as a tincture in some perfumes and as a food additive.

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TIL the US FDA has a handbook of "levels of natural or unavoidable defects in foods that present no health hazards for humans" that allows, for instance, an average of 30 or more insect fragments per 100 grams and an average of 1 or more rodent hairs per 100 grams in peanut butter.

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TIL pansexuality, or omnisexuality, is the sexual, romantic or emotional attraction towards people regardless of their sex or gender identity. It's not a person who fucks frying pans.

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TIL The Mystery of Al Capone's Vaults was a two-hour live American television special that was broadcast in syndication on April 21, 1986. When the vault was finally opened, the only things found inside were dirt and several empty bottles.

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TIL That Time Marines Dumped Millions of Dollars of Helicopters Into the Ocean to Save One Family

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TIL Glenfiddich is a Speyside single malt Scotch whisky owned and produced by William Grant & Sons in Dufftown, Scotland. Glenfiddich means "valley of the deer" in Scottish Gaelic, which is why the Glenfiddich logo is a stag.

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TIL you can tear gas British passengers on the London Underground and completely get away with it. :)

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TIL Adolf Hitler was nominated once in 1939. As unlikely as it may seem today, Adolf Hitler was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1939 by a member of the Swedish parliament, E.G.C. Brandt.

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TIL the dunce cap has long been a visual symbol of idiocy and punishment, but was once seen as something closer to a wizard’s hat. While today we understand the goofy-looking cone hat as denoting some kind of intellectual failing, it actually began as a symbol of respected scholars.

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TIL sloths can hold their breath for up to 40 minutes and their grip is so strong, that when they die, they sometimes remain hanging on the trees.

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TIL back in 1905, a San Francisco Bay Area kid by the name of Frank Epperson accidentally invented the summertime treat, the popsicle.

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TIL American flamingos’ long legs appear as though their knees bend backwards, which is not the case. Flamingos actually stand on their “tip-toes” – meaning the prominent joint on their leg is their ankle. Their knee is hidden by feathers and is located close to the bird’s body.

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TIL a silverback gorilla can lift up to 815 kilograms (1800 pounds) of dead weight. Meanwhile, a well trained human could lift a maximum of 410 kilograms (900 pounds) - half as much that the gorilla can manage.

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TIL the legacy of Canada's notorious homosexuality detection device: the fruit machine was created as an ostensibly scientific way to detect homosexuals, so they could be fired from their government jobs or pre-screened before being offered employment in the first place.

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TIL cheetahs may be the fastest land mammal in the world, but there’s one thing they can’t do: Roar.

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TIL about the Man Who Survived Two Atomic Bombs: Some 260,000 people survived the atomic bomb attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II, but Japanese engineer Tsutomu Yamaguchi was one of the very few who endured the horror of both blasts and lived to the tell the tale.

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TIL the peregrine falcon is capable of soaring through the sky at up to 200 miles per hour during a dive. (For context, Ferrari’s fastest-ever consumer vehicle, the aptly named 812 Superfast, has a top recorded speed of 211 miles per hour. And that’s a literal machine.)

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TIL the Myth of the Connecticut Pickle Law: Though there is no law that specifically states this, there are several statutes, regulations, and articles that address the incident of the pickles that did not bounce.

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TIL Cherry Yoshitake – aka Mr Cherry – is arguably Japan’s most dedicated record-breaker.

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TIL the Constitution of the state of Florida limits the cruel and inhumane confinement of pigs during pregnancy.

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