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TIL 'microfishing' is a hobby where people catch tiny fish using tiny hooks, take a picture of them, then let them go. The idea is to see how many different species you can catch

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ne9g7 TIL there was a Lego MMO, Lego Universe, that was shut down after 2 years because the Devs couldn’t stop players from building penises all over the landscape.
wLyxo TIL Axolotl never grow up! Axolotl have a trait called Neoteny, which means they will never become an adult Salamander. Despite not being able to metamorphosis into an adult, they reach sexual maturity while still holding onto many of the characteristics of larvae.
PYE8V TIL although deaf schizophrenics who have never heard do report “hearing voices”, they are not referring to true auditory hallucinations. Instead, communication comes via the mind’s eye: visual hallucinations of moving lips, or disembodied hands and arms making sign language movements.
PYKgO TIL that the word restaurant comes from the first public dining establishments in Paris. The kitchens sold soups and broths which were advertised as 'restoratives' which is where we get the modern word restaurant from.
b9R1a TIL there is a machine called a ballast cleaner. It's sole purpose is to wash stones on railway lines. In the UK, one operator's ballast cleaner washes around 1.6km of stones every night.