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TIL pretty much the entire optical industry is controlled by a single Italian company

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xVPJ5 TIL that while filming "Star Wars: The Force Awakens", actor Oscar Isaac specifically requested that his character Poe Dameron be a native of the planet Yavin 4. This is because the scenes on Yavin 4 in the original trilogy were filmed in Guatemala, where Isaac is actually from.
y8N8 TIL: Horses have the largest eyes of any land mammal
neJ1W TIL grasshopper mice are unique in the rodent world because they eat a meat-based diet, including eating other mice, and are immune to scorpion venom - their bodies have evolved to use the toxin as a painkiller. They also howl at the moon, which lends to their nickname "werewolf mouse."
5VyP8 TIL the astragalus of a prehistoric rhinoceros, collected by the Ancient Greeks, was discovered at the Mycenae archaeological site in the 1970s.
6j1l TIL 30% of one night stands actually turn into long-term relationships.