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TIL Octopuses live only 3-5 years, so they have limited time for accumulating information. Some researchers say that if octopuses had lived more, they, and not humans, would have been the dominant intelligence on Earth.

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m10ao TIL that twin popsicles were created during the great depression so that two children can each enjoy a popsicle for a nickle.
yQ9V TIL that the U.S. Census lists prisoners as residents of the communities where they are confined. Therefore, voters who live in legislative districts with prisons, typically in rural areas, wield more political clout than other voters.
XEV1j TIL that the famous World Heritage site of Babylon’s most recent addition of destruction was by Saddam Hussein who built a fake Babylon honoring himself on top of the ruins. It was further destroyed by US and Polish troops whose base was built on the ruins and ran over artifacts with tanks.
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