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TIL that the architect Rafael Viñoly designed 2 buildings that caused "death rays", one in Las Vegas and one in London

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Lw7P TIL that a single oyster can totally filter up to 2 gallons (7.57L) of water per hour. That means that only 10 oysters are capable of filtering over 1800L in a single day.
dDxZ9 TIL that from 1987 to 2005, there was a Nintendo Power Hotline that players could call to talk to gameplay counselors to get help and advice for Nintendo games. Some of the counselors were also highlighted in the "Counselors' Corner" section of Nintendo Power magazine.
x6klB TIL that USPS ships day old baby chicks in the mail
NXe9J TIL about Loab, an unexpectedly emergent image from artificial intelligence (AI) research featuring a distressed macabre older woman, the subsequent iterations of which have become increasingly violent and gory.
m1mwx TIL - Dogs use the Earth’s magnetic field when they’re relieving themselves. Not only that, but canines choose to do so in a north-south axis.