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TIL that two thirds of an octopuses neurons reside in their tentacles, and that the tentacles can essentially problem solve on their own.

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69dYW TIL that Art Spiegelman, best known for the Pulitzer-winning graphic novel Maus, also created the Garbage Pail Kids line of trading cards
j69Ka TIL that in Japan, they have a thing called "nagashi somen", which are restaurants with flowing troughs of water where noodles slide down and you have to catch them
rRjvo TIL Walt Disney tried to join WW1 so he can fight the Germans but was rejected because he was to young so he forged the date of birth on his birth certificate, and joined the Red Cross to become an ambulance driver.
OGZ7Y Today I learned that there is a Microsoft Excel World Championship where people compete based on their Excel formula skills and it’s (like?) an eSport
R7OOw TIL that despite being strongly associated with NASA and astronauts, freeze-dried ice cream was never taken on board any missions to space.