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TIL a male anglerfish exists only to find and permanently attach to a female. He becomes nothing but a set of balls on the female - who may have many such sets…

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d8mWB TIL in 1923, a dog named Bobbie was separated from his owners and lost. Six months later, Bobbie appeared on their doorstep mangy and scrawny with feet worn to the bone; he walked over 2500 miles (4000 km) of plains, desert and mountains an average of approximately 14 miles (23 km) per day.
XEvDE TIL during the Great Depression, the mortality rate of the US population actually improved. People lived on average 6 years longer.
j7Jj TIL Minnie Riperton wrote the song, “Lovin’ You (is easy ‘cause you’re beautiful)” for her baby daughter…who grew up to be SNL cast member, Maya Rudolph
aw450 TIL in 1945, a school dropout and self-taught electrical engineer named Percy Spencer was working at Ratheon. He stepped in front of a magnetron, a device that powers radars. He noticed a chocolate bar in his pocket had melted. Later that year, he filed a patent for the first microwave oven.
KOwvB TIL that Gandalf and Saruman are not human, but actually part of a race of beings called the Maiar. They were part of a group sent by the Valar (basically gods) to help elves and men fight against Sauron (also Maia). In fact, the Maiar came into existence at the beginning of time like the Valar.