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TIL that a female Giant Pacific Octopus can lay 50,000 eggs. She quits eating and spends six months slowly dying as she tends to and protects them. On average, only 2 out of the 50,000 baby octopuses survive.

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D1RxD TIL that in the aftermath of the Christchurch mosque shootings, street gangs sent members to mosques around the country to help protect the victims during prayer time
gyN8 TIL that the Wisconsin state legislature has explicitly defined “toxic substance” in their “Employees’ Right to Know Law” to exclude Lutefisk
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5YYVR TIL that in 1966, when asked by a Senate subcommittee member about the dangers of LSD, Timothy Leary stated: “Sir, the motor car is dangerous if used improperly…Human stupidity and ignorance is the only danger human beings face in this world.” The Senator he was replying to was Ted Kennedy.
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