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TIL that it’s possible to willfully contract your pupil; Moken children learn to do it to better see underwater.

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R7X98 TIL that quahogs (a common clam) are among the longest-lived marine organisms in the world and can live up to 200 years old. They don't reproduce until around 6 years old, and don't reach commercially harvestable size until about 20 years old.
wMrE TIL Sweden was the first to find out about the censored Chernobyl accident when one of the workers at the Forsmark power plant set off evacuation alarms when he had walked through grass that had been contaminated from radioactive rain picked up from Chernobyl over 800 miles away.
vQKx TIL the UK’s “God Save the Queen” was the first national anthem and was adopted by other countries such as Russia (until 1833), Germany (until 1918), Iceland (until 1944), Switzerland (until 1961), Liechtenstein and New Zealand. It was played twice before a Liechtenstein-England soccer game in 2003.
QJbM6 TIL the title “Anchor Man: The Legend of Ron Burgundy” was a play words on the obscure 2001 documentary “Porn Star: The Legend of Ron Jeremy”
GAZME TIL: Japan's Kamikaze attack unit included scuba divers that would walk under ships to suicide-bomb them.