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TIL box jellyfish (class Cubozoa) have actual eyes, with lenses and corneas.

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XEJYP TIL that in 2003, two men stole an empty Boeing 727 from Luanda International Airport and flew it into the sunset. They have never been found.
PYMgZ TIL of the stone money of the Yap. The stones are too large to move so buying an item involves agreeing that the ownership has changed. The transaction is recorded in oral history and no physical movement of the stone is required.
VVkZ TIL that moray eels has a 2nd set of jaws that hides in the throat, but comes forward to grap and transport its prey from their mouth to the stomach, like the creature from the Alien movies
yQZ7V TIL a scientist stationed in Antarctica managed to score a match through Tinder with a woman camping 45 minutes away.
XEYg6 TIL in 2016 and 2017 American and Canadian diplomats stationed in Cuba began reporting unusual, unexplained health problems later described in a medical study as "a new syndrome in the diplomats that resembles persistent concussion." The cause of "Havana Syndrome" is still unknown.