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TIL that grocery store lobsters aren’t fed and starve to death in the tank

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4knKN TIL the wheels of F1 cars are tethered so that in case of an accident they won't fall off and injure people
MxGB TIL Scrooge McDuck was the first image to ever be displayed on a Macintosh
XNOQ TIL that the Ancient Egyptians used 12 months of exactly 30 days, with 5 days of festivities at the end to add up to 365
9BYG TIL that in the 19th Century, Americans purposely filled their parks with squirrels for entertainment purposes. They were rarely found outside of the forest beforehand.
8eK5V TIL cuttlefish were commonly used throughout Greece and Rome for their reddish-brown pigment. Cuttlefish were called sepia in Latin and Greek, hence the English sepia.