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TIL Scientists have never seen baby nautilus eggs in the wild

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R5jDw TIL The Thalweg principle is the legal principle that if the boundary between two political entities is stated to be a waterway without further description (e.g. right bank, eastern shore, low-tide line, etc.), the boundary follows the thalweg, the line of lowest elevation, of that watercourse.
LQ0od TIL Apollo 15 astronaut Dave Scott got his drill stuck on the moon during an experiment. When he reached a depth of 5.3 feet, lunar soil particles rode up the helix of the drill bit and halted its momentum, postponing his task. The drill chuck was later auctioned for almost $50,000 in 2016
ZM8Y TIL that I’d’ve is a proper English contraction.
WlB4 TIL that during the 1912 Olympics, one of the Japanese athletes didn’t notify race officials during a marathon, and technically didn’t finish. He later completed it when notified of this in 1967, making his time at 54 y, 8 m, 6 d, 8:32:20.3.
MvAa TIL that until 1907 it was illegal in England to marry your dead wife’s sister.