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TIL that more than 90% of Greenland sharks are blind, due to a parasite called ‘Ommatokoita elongatathat’ that lives exclusively in the eyes of the sharks, damaging their corneas.

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jN7RM TIL that when you are on a recorded line, even when you are on hold or being transferred you are being recorded and supervisors can listen in without you knowing while you are on hold.
9YQEp TIL German engineer Bernd Brandes volunteered to be killed and eaten by aspiring cannibal Armin Meiwes, who placed an ad on the internet looking for someone to be killed and eaten. After eating Brandes and going to jail, Meiwes became a vegetarian.
W7xoX TIL Cobra Commander from GI Joe appears in Transfrmers Generation 1 s3e23.
e07EE TIL Red 'Delicious' apples taste horrible because farmers chose to modify the fruit for beauty over taste, such as having thicker skin to hide bruises and dents.
9JGX TIL that low gravity makes it difficult to tell if your bladder is full, because the bladder’s stretch receptor nerves don’t feel the weight of the liquid. Astronauts are trained to empty their bladders every two hours because of this.