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TIL Marie Curie’s notebooks from the late 19th century are still too radioactive to be handled

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D1EwV TIL the American woodcock has the largest visual field of not only any bird, but of any terrestrial vertebrate because its large eyes are set far back and high on its head, causing its brain to be flipped upside down.It rocks back and forth while foraging and eats its body weight in worms every day.
mBQE TIL of former California Arson Investigator John Orr, a serial arsonist who likely set over 2000 fires over a ten year period.
rNw1x TIL Triceps make up 70% of an arm’s total mass!
0aby TIL the NFL’s New York Jets shipped 350 rolls of toilet paper to London, England, for their clash with the Miami Dolphins. A Jets intern, who had been to London numerous times, had stated ‘the toilet paper was very thin because their plumbing isn’t as good’, so the Jets brought their own.
kRb5 TIL Rolex strapped a watch onto the robotic arm of a submarine as it dove to the deepest point in the ocean and the watch functioned throughout the whole trip