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TIL that the Japanese emperor Hirohito, who ruled during World War 2, was a passionate marine biologist and had published many papers on the topic and even discovered several new species of Hydrozoa

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4X1pb TIL that MI5 and MI6 were just two of at least 19 sections of UK Military Intelligence that were set up in WWI, and are the only ones left active that haven't been merged or shutdown.
QJ0M TIL old cats meow more because they have kitty Alzheimer’s
aw0l0 TIL that Volkswagon's biggest selling product line is sausages, followed closely by ketchup. The sausages are given their own part number.
gr7Py TIL that Carl Sagan has an archive in the Library of Congress, endowed by the creator of Family Guy. Seth MacFarlane put up an undisclosed sum to help the Library of Congress buy more than a thousand boxes of material kept by the late scientist and his wife and collaborator, Ann Druyan.
wLKJo TIL in a soccer match between Iran and Denmark, an Iranian player mistook a whistle from the crowd as being the referee's half-time signal, and picked the ball up with his hands in the penalty area. Danish player Morten Wieghorst missed the resultant penalty on purpose, and Denmark lost 1–0.