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TIL Catharine Conley s job title is Planetary Protection Officer

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0dWoN TIL: An octopus has blue blood and three hearts
0wAMA TIL that Ebbie Tolbert was born in around 1807 and spent over 50 years as a slave. She gained her freedom at age 56. And lived long enough that at age 113 she walked to the St Louis polling station and registered to vote.
wLb76 TIL The pilot episode for Friends (known at the time as Friends Like Us) used REM's Shiny Happy People as its theme song.
gMwRW TIL the President of the United States technically has the right to shut off the internet for all US citizens in case of a "national emergency" – also known as the presidential internet kill switch.
VMEGD TIL A Japanese skating rink once put 5,000 dead fishes in their ice to give their customers the enjoyment of skating over a frozen ocean. The attraction was closed immediately after a public uproar.