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TIL that nearly 3% of American films in the 1960’s contained scenes involving quicksand

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XEglE TIL: Horseshoe crab has 10 eyes. Some detect both visible & UV light and some help find mates during the spawning season.. The eyes are a million times more sensitive to light at night than day. They've been around for 450 million years, are not crabs actually and more related to spiders.
ZplDp TIL A big reason men don’t wear hats like they did in the early 20th century is due to the advent of cars!
a8kMJ TIL when Robert Downey Jr was eight, his father offered him drugs, which led him to a long life of substance and alcohol abuse.... RDJ credits Mel Gibson with helping him get sober and narcotic free
nRk9 TIL in order to eliminate gender bias, many orchestras use blind auditions in which the candidates play their instrument behind a screen.
P5JL TIL there is only one species of cactus that can be found naturally occurring outside the Americas