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TIL that biologists are still yet to confirm how baby eels are made. Much of their lifecycle has many questions. The general consensus is that adult eels migrate to the Sargasso Sea to spawn offspring, but only one adult eel has ever been found in open waters. Nobody has seen two eels mate.

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5j5n TIL that the captain of a United flight had a heart attack mid-flight, and so an off-duty air force captain, Mike Gongol, had to help land the plane, saving 160 lives. He knew he had to help when he heard the PA announcement “are there any non-revenue pilots on board, please ring your call button.”
4wP6 TIL that Elon Musk, founder of SpaceX, Tesla Motors, and many other companies, paid off the rent for his house during college by hosting 1,000+ sized nightclub parties and charging an admission for entry
8ao4b TIL about Jaime Escalante. He was able to help hundreds of students to pass the AP calculus test in a school where almost no students went to college. He was forced to leave the school due to death threats and intimidation from other teachers.
e1VD TIL that the blue jay isn’t blue because of pigmentation, but because the structure of the feather interferes with light. Thus, if a feather is crushed, it no longer appears blue.
odpW TIL Matt Groening created The Simpsons in the lobby after intending to pitch a different show, based on his comic, Life In Hell