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TIL A missing pet tortoise was found in the attic 30 years later, alive and well

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XEEbR Short answer: Sort of. Call it a noseworm.
wLkQY TIL Loki gave birth to an 8-legged horse, after disguising himself as a mare in heat and having relations with a stallion. It became "the best horse among gods and men".
v1187 Turns out, our ancient ancestors' consumption of fermented fruits created a genetic mutation that be the cause of alcoholism in people today.
b9neE TIL that the number 8 is such a lucky number in China that the Chinese government scheduled the Beijing Olympics to begin 8 seconds after 8:08 on 8/8/2008.
pMYQ TIL In order for NASA to have constant communication with the Skylab space station in the 70’s, 8 specially outfitted planes with satellites flew around around the Earth. Each plane would take turns transmitting data until it was out of reach.