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TIL there are only 2 companies in the world still making vinyl record lacquer…and one is an elderly Japanese man doing it in his garage!

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JY7Q1 TIL the New Mexico whiptail lizard is an all-female species. Their eggs grow without fertilization and all the offspring are female. They also have female-female courtships.
awDXy TIL President Grover Cleveland developed mouth cancer during his second term. Fearing news of this might cause financial panic, he underwent secret surgery on his friend’s yacht off the coast of Long Island, under the cover story of being on a 4-day fishing trip.
9YXwM TIL The Parker Solar Probe is the first NASA spacecraft named after a living scientist.
7awP TIL of a town in Buenos Aires that stayed 25 years under water. It wasn’t until 2009 that the water started to recede to reveal a post-apocalyptic scene.
GARDG TIL 95% of Catholic bishops, including Pope Francis, can trace their lineage in the church to one extremely prolific 14th-century bishop, Scipione Rebiba