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TIL that the probability of a blue lobster existing is widely touted as being one in two million. Bright blue lobsters are so-coloured because of a genetic abnormality that causes them to produce more of a certain protein than others.

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vVLj TIL to get into character as The Bear Jew in Inglourious Basterds, Eli Roth listened to Hannah Montana songs and thought about what it’d be like if he was Hannah Montana because it took him “to a place of insanity.”
DG8Y TIL there is no historical evidence that the goal of Spartacus and the other slave leaders was to reform the Roman Republic or end slavery. The Third Servile War may have happened simply because the men had an opportunity to escape and wanted to go home.
JvbB TIL that Kanye West did an SNL skit about interrupting award shows two years BEFORE the Taylor Swift incident
VVM0 TIL Reddit founder Alex Ohanian, wrote an open letter to Reddit about stopping their sexist ways. It was titled “dear fellow geeks: WTF”
a8K0 TIL that the Roe effect is an hypothesis which suggests that since supporters of abortion rights cause the erosion of their own political base by having fewer children, the practice of abortion will eventually lead to the restriction or illegalization of abortion.