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TIL Goldfish can suffer an internal bacteria infection in the kidneys. In the late stages of dropsy, a goldfish will have a swollen belly so severe that its scales are raised outwards and most cases at this point are terminal

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X0rg6 TIL about the Apple Interactive Television Box. This was a set-top box that Apple test-marketed in 1994 and 1995 in the United States and Europe, but never released.
6EkrJ TIL that platypus milk contains a milk protein that is has not been identified in any other animal . The protein was named 'Shirley Temple' in tribute to the former child-actor’s distinctive curly hair. It also has unique antibacterial properties and is undergoing research for fighting superbugs.
gMLZD TIL Radioactive steel accidentally contaminated with Cobolt-60 was used to build hundreds of apartments in Taiwan in 1980, that were occupied for 20 years, and some studies show beneficial outcomes from the exposure.
nNM9 TIL the person who constantly bullied me and ruined my elementary school life has written a book about bullying.
8PoZ TIL in California, a black man named Ward Connerly successfully abolished the governmental program “Affirmative Action” which gave preferential treatment to minorities