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TIL Like humans, octopuses want more hugs when high on ecstasy.

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LQ1Rr TIL Dachshund (sausage dogs) were specifically bred to hunt European badgers and spent hours underground, facing the badger straight on and dragging it out by the face.
6E5GZ TIL The Pillars Of Creation don't exist anymore and were destroyed by a supernova several thousand years ago, but we won't see it happen for another thousand years.
GRLg TIL Japan not only requires identifying badges on cars for new drivers, but also for the elderly, handicapped, and hearing impaired
w9j7 TIL that in 1996, Taco Bell announced they bought the Liberty bell in an April Fools prank, resulting in panicked reactions across the U.S., including from some senators, and caused the National Parks Service to call a press conference to deny the claim.
JYEV1 TIL that mascara got its start with coal dust and vaseline. In the early 1900's, Thomas Lyle Williams noticed his sister Mabel applying a substance after a cooking accident singed her eyebrows and lashes. In her "original formula," Mabel burned a cork and mixed the ashes with Vaseline.