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TIL that some animals have a ‘third eye’ part of the pineal gland that helps regulate circadian rhythms

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Ood7g TIL During WWII there was a bipartisan committee of American Senators who cut so much corruption that they saved several times the cost of the Atomic Bomb program. Members of both parties often voted unanimously together.
b6Dn7 TIL there was an Egyptian Pharaoh referred to as "Hudjefa" on ancient lists of pharaohs. Modern historians have realized this was not actually his name, and instead means "erased" in Ancient Egyptian. His real name was lost in ancient times.
b9vk0 TIL the last time the Olympics were in Korea, North Korean agents tried to derail the games by blowing a passenger plane and killing 115 people.
P1Qmn TIL the 2011 Joplin, Missouri EF5 tornado caused numerous fatal fungal infections in people injured by debris.
Eg90d TIL the shortest war in history, the Anglo-Zanzibar War of 1896, lasted only 38-45 minutes. The UK fought the Zanzibar Sultanate over a new Sultan who did not have British approval. The outcome was a puppet government with heavy British influence over Zanzibar.