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TIL There's a fish called the Sarcastic Fringehead that has a secretive and terrifying rainbow mouth full of little teeth.

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DeGD TIL Carl Sagan was denied tenure at Harvard University and was unable to become a member of the National Academy of Sciences because his role as a ‘popularizer’ of science had caused other scientists to dislike him, claiming he wasn’t a 'pure’ scientist.
QK5L TIL that an FBI agent a.k.a “Donnie Brasco” infiltrated the mob for 6 years to the point that he was going to be “made” but was pulled out because his superiors decided that the operation was becoming too dangerous.
b6wN TIL McDonald’s has a website just for Black people
JwvQ TIL that the Scumbag Girlfriend is a hooker in germany (don’t ask how I found out)
4XKrX TIL that in the 1950s, rocket designer Wernher von Braun and NASA collaborated multiple times with Walt Disney to create several space-themed television shows and help influence public perception of space exploration