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TIL that bioluminescence is believed to be the most common form of communication on earth.

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rR9JW TIL that after firefighters saved piglets from a barn fire, 6 months later the farmer sent them sausages made from the piglets as a thank you gift
5YYGn The sound of a jet engine is about 1,000,000,000 times more powerful than the smallest audible sound.
l7KpA TIL most phones include FM radio hardware, but carriers and manufacturers have it disabled in software
JYvpQ TIL of Tek Sing often referred to as "Titanic of the East". Happening 90 years before the Titanic went down, the Tek Sing was overloaded with cargo and also carried 1,600 emigrants, akin to the Titanic they were low on lifeboats from the start. Less than 190 people were rescued.
16ldd TIL that in 4 billion years, when the Milky Way galaxy collides with the Andromeda Galaxy, the distance between the stars will be so vast that none of the 1.3 trillion stars are expected to collide.