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TIL that there is a species of octopus called the mimic octopus that can imitate the appearance and movements of other sea creatures, including snakes and lionfish.

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E1dZP TIL of the Surya Siddhanta, a book written in 4th century CE in India which describes the Earth’s diameter as 8000 miles (7928 by current standards) and the spherical shape of the earth also providing an accurate distance of the Moon from the earth before much before Galileo.
XZ6E TIL in 1995, Robert Metcalfe predicted that the Internet would collapse in 1996 and that he would “eat his words” if it did not. In 1997, he blended a printed copy of his speech with liquid and drank the mixture.
JQPj TIL until 1974, it was legal in Texas for a man to kill his wife’s lover if he found them in bed together.
nWvVY TIL that one can tell by the ears of chickens what color the eggs they lay. Chickens' ears are actually earlobes, which are flaps of skin under the ear canal that lie just behind the eyes. In most cases, hens with white earlobes also lay white eggs and hens with red earlobes produce brown eggshells.
JKn8 TIL In 2007, a woman delivered twins in North Carolina. One was born at 1:32 a.m. and the second came 34 minutes later, but because the clocks switched back an hour, the second baby was technically born at 1:06 a.m.