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TIL that wild octopuses engage in “jealous murders,” gender bending, and once-in-a-lifetime sex.

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w4K1 TIL the State of Kansas is literally flatter than a pancake.
p8lpp TIL that the monthly salary for the office of President of Haiti is 250,000 Haitian gourdes, or US$2.23.
e665 TIL for upon their death, survivors of the attack on the USS Arizona during Pearl Harbor may have their ashes placed within the ship, among their fallen comrades.
lJo5 TIL Legendary daredevil Evel Knievel got his stagename from a prison guard. The man in the next cell was named “Knofel” and the guard started calling them “Awful Knofel” and “Evil Knievel”.
N7PNQ TIL Washington Post's movie critic said Groundhog Day would "never be designated a national film treasure by the Library of Congress." In 2006, the film was designated a national film treasure by the Library of Congress.