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TIL NetEase the Chinese internet company runs pig farms.

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D16Kv TIL that owls cannot move their eyes. This is because their eyes are not balls, but cylinders that are held in place by bones called sclerotic rings. This is also the reason that owls have evolved to be able to rotate their head 270 degrees left and right, and 90 degrees up and down.
xVP0o TIL: Sleeping less than the recommended eight hours a night is associated with intrusive, repetitive thoughts like those seen in anxiety or depression
QjAk TIL during the medieval period, after a wedding the bride and groom were provided enough mead (honey wine) to last one full moon, coining the term ‘honeymoon’.
Wk4m4 TIL that all SI base units of measurement are written in lowercase, except for those named after people, Kelvin and Ampere
xAZD TIL an EPA Agent successfully pretended to be working for the CIA for 12 years so he could take days off without limitation, get reimbursed for vacations, and otherwise defraud the EPA.