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TIL they have discovered sharks living in an underwater volcano

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VMMrG TIL Hollywood briefly experimented with an interactive movie format akin to "Choose Your Own Adventure" books. Back to the Future co-writer Bob Gale wrote a film and directed a film called "Mr. Payback" in which audience members were able to choose what happened next. The results were disastrous.
R5VX7 TIL The colour of an eggshell is determined by the colour of the hens ear lobe. It is nothing to do with diet.
jNg8a TIL of the Cagots, a persecuted group from France and Spain. Though they were not an ethnic or religious minority, they were badly repressed. The only identifying aspect of a Cagot was that he or she was descended from Cagots.
lo4Gr TIL that France has inheritance laws that automatically give a significant portion of inheritance to each child and children cannot be disowned in the will
vMjj TIL the Aryan Brotherhood makes up only 0.1% of the U.S. federal prison population but is responsible for 30% of its murders.