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TIL there was a man still alive in 1963 who had viewed Abraham Lincoln in an open casket.

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e0pen TIL there is a fish poison makes hot things feel icy and cold things feel burning hot.
0dYQN TIL that during an assault in the Burma Campaign of WW2 Fazal Din VC was run through by a Japanese officer. He tore the sword from the officer and used it to kill not only its owner but three more soldiers. He died of his wounds soon after returning to HQ, aged 23
LjN9 TIL that when orchestra’s do “blind auditions” where you can’t see the artist performing, females are chosen 50% more often than in traditional auditions.
Qk5k TIL that many years ago a Sultan decreed that the cats in Istanbul were to be protected because they ate rats and mice. The people were to feed them and not harm them. And even to this day, the people still obey the Sultan’s order. This is why Istanbul is called the cat capital of Europe.
789Ab TIL in 2022, aquaculture surpassed capture fisheries as the main producer of aquatic animals for the first time. Global aquaculture production reached an unprecedented 130.9 million tonnes, of which 94.4 million tonnes are aquatic animals, 51 percent of the total aquatic animal production