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TIL it’s illegal to masturbate if you’re incarcerated in a U.S. prison

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aKvJ TIL in 2015 the opal was discovered to be the first fully warm blooded fish that circulates heat thoughout its body much like mammals and birds
x6Awb TIL about the Wada Test, a procedure that "shuts down" one hemisphere of your brain at a time, leaving the other one awake. This allows the hemispheres to be evaluated for language and memory capacities individually.
bbE4 TIL that In 1994, Michael Crichton became the only creative artist ever to have works simultaneously charting at No. 1 in US television (ER), film (Jurassic Park), and book sales (Disclosure).
XxAj TIL Thermal insulation on the Saturn V’s fuel tanks was so well made that an ice cube would take 8 years to melt inside one.
b9180 TIL an epic Titanic film was made in 1943 on a budget of $4,000,000 ℛℳ (around $190,000,000 USD today), commissioned by Nazi Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels.