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TIL that hammerhead sharks can reproduce asexually, one of the few animals to have that ability

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4XjQ6 TIL about Diggerland USA. It's an amusement park that has multiple locations around the world and offers not only standard amusement park fare like rides and food, it also allows young people to actually operate heavy machinery like bull dozers, excavators, and more.
ZaVD TIL Bob Marley’s final words to his son Ziggy were “Money can’t buy life”.
b6Wg4 TIL Melissa McCarthy based her “Bridesmaids” character on The Food Network’s Guy Fieri. She even tried to convince the producers to let her wear short, white, spiky hair- but they denied that request, determining that as a bridge too far for the similarities.
GAPQg TIL a Spite House is a building constructed to irritate neighbors and potential land owners. Because long-term occupation is not the primary purpose of these houses, they frequently sport strange and impractical structures.
Lkkkd TIL Linford Christie was disqualified from competing in the 1996 olympics 100m final, due to having a ‘false’ start with a reaction time of 0.086s, while the rules state runners must have a reaction time of greater than 0.1s.