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TIL A species of cavefish in Thailand has been documented walking and climbing waterfalls in a manner similar to four-footed creatures such as salamanders, in a find researchers call “huge” in evolutionary terms.

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P17nG TIL that in the early 20th century, Punjabi men who immigrated to California ended up marrying Mexican women due to shared cultural similarities and legal constraints on interracial marriage. This led to a unique Punjabi Mexican American community, where elements of both cultures blended
LkvZP TIL during Mao'great leap campaign in China, starvation was so horrible that people started comitting acts of canabalism which includes eating the death and parents eating their own children.
rj7o TIL About puck fair in Killorglin, Ireland. Three days a year, a goat is crowned king of the town. A theory on the origin of the fair is a goat broke from its herd and warned the citizens of an English attack. They would rather have a goat king rather than English king.
jNJPM TIL that in order to make Leia’s message to Obi-Wan sound like it has authentically aged for The Last Jedi (34 years in universe), they re-recorded it on a tape and then “beat the crap out of it”.
l79O7 TIL about Ganser Syndrome, a.k.a. Nonsense Syndrome, wherein people dissociate and give wrong, yet almost correct, answers to questions (i.e. 3+3=7/Dogs have five legs, etc.) whilst in a fugue state, and psychologists aren't sure if it is a facticious disorder or a dissociative disorder.