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TIL that the blobfish is actually a normal looking fish, it just decompresses when you take it out of extreme depths.

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DpXJ TIL that Richard Nixon was a fan of rap music. In a 1990 interview with the New York Times, he said, “I have often thought that if there had been a good rap group around in those days I might have chosen a career in music instead of politics.”
E1bgx TIL In 1998, a British newspaper reported that Arthur C. Clarke paid Sri Lankan boys for sex, leading to the cancellation of plans for Prince Charles to knight him on a visit to the country. The accusation was subsequently found to be baseless.
WkX88 TIL of William Howard Hughes, a United States Air Force officer with security clearance and expertise in rocket self-destruct technology, vanished in 1983. Authorities feared he had defected to the Soviet Union. In June 2018, he was found living in California under an assumed name.
rV8e TIL that in Australia you can be charged with supplying drugs based purely on text messages. No need for the police to see drugs / money change hands or find drugs on either person.
4JvN TIL Google now receives over 100,000 copyright take-down requests an HOUR. In one week this year, they received 19 million requests as compared to an average week in 2013 when they received about 4 million.