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TIL a single 612 pound(278 kg) bluefin tuna sold for 333.6 million yen ($3.1 million) at a 2019 auction in Japan. This doubled the previous record of 155 million yen, set in 2013.

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d8w58 TIL the founder of Yamaha carried his first prototype reed organ over his shoulder on a pole (by foot!) through the mountains on his way to show it off at the Tokyo Music Institute. After it was criticized harshly, Yamaha studied music theory for months in order to deliver an improved prototype.
4X1Xw TIL of Project Pigeon, in which American behaviorist B.F. Skinner attempted to develop a pigeon-controlled guided bomb during World War II.
nNwG TIL Israel’s nuclear policy is NOT to “nuke the entire world” in the event it’s attacked. Israel’s policy is to not even comment on whether or not they have nuclear weapons, let alone what they would do with them if attacked.
gnD8 TIL: NASA has found that under certain conditions the moon rings like a bell.
XadP TIL that if you confess you murdered someone to a priest, your secret is protected by Catholic law