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TIL Desert Storm Trading Cards Exist

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d8kKB TIL a species of mold grew at Chernobyl to feed on the gamma radiation it gives off
lNxr TIL that the Coelacanth, a prehistoric fish more related to reptiles and mammals than modern fish, was thought to have gone extinct 65 million years ago until fishermen caught one in 1938
yQw0e TIL: Parrots can make “electronic” noises like the Samsung Notification sound
79vP TIL that Microsoft bought all the rights to a Corbis stock photo called Bliss, better known as the Windows XP default wallpaper, for over $100k, making it the second largest amount of money ever paid to a photographer for a single photograph at the time of sale.
nbVd TIL another term for an intrusive thought is “The Imp of the Perverse”, a metaphor (popularized / coined by Edgar Allan Poe) for the urge to do exactly the wrong thing in a given situation for the sole reason that it is possible for wrong to be done.