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TIL: An octopus has blue blood and three hearts

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Me4L7 TIL that Vincent Van Gogh might have been murdered by a teenage bully who dressed as a cowboy.
8amAK TIL Dion DiMucci recorded his song "Runaround Sue" with black musicians. In the music video, the black musicians were replaced by white actors playing musicians so that it can be played in the South at that time.
MeX00 TIL the majority of North Korean clothes are made from Vinylon, a synthetic fiber made of coal and rocks. It is the only country in the world to do so.
E1jeP TIL Cleopatra often used clever stagecraft to woo potential allies. For example, when she met Mark Antony, she arrived on a golden barge made up to look like the goddess Aphrodite. Antony, who considered himself the embodiment of Dionysus, was instantly enchanted.
En1w TIL the US Gov’t Offered $10,000 to any kid who prospected uranium w/the Gilbert U-238 Atomic Energy Lab in the 50’s