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TIL wine contains minute amounts of super heavy water that can be used to determine the age of vintage wines.

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LQQX0 TIL Goldfish can recognise classical music. A study was done in which researchers played Bach and Stravinsky. The fish were first trained to bite a bead when they heard both, then only one and not the other, and finally just different clips of one. One fish preferred Bach and avoided Stravinsky.
N7nBe TIL There's an island in Liberia where chimps used for scientific experiments are sent to after retirement. This island has kept them segregated from the rest of the country's primates for 50 years. A team of locals are paid to row out and feed them regularly.
d8p7 TIL In 2005, a Japanese bank tried to sell 1 share of J-COM for ¥610,000. Erroneously, they ended up selling 610,000 J-COM shares at the price of ¥1 per share. They lost over half a billion dollars.
LkvGv TIL that some fish can fly to avoid predators, video footage from BBC
69EaZ TIL dogs see the invisible magnetic fields surrounding the Earth due to the Cryptochrome molecule in their eyes. This sense allows a dog to find their owners and homes when they've gotten lost many miles from home.