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TIL the protein that makes lobsters blue before cooking is called “Crustacyanin”

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1a4xr TIL of Black September, an armed conflict that broke out in 1970 between the Palestinians and Jordan.
wLJd6 TIL that in 2016, French billionaire Pierre Papillaud demanded that Weed give up its spring water source so that his bottle water company could have more water to sell. Disconnecting from Beaughan Spring would leave Weed without public water.
awjQZ TIL about the existence of the 'universal S' graffiti symbol. Found in multiple countries and over multiple generations.
rRA4e TIL that some birds are capable of forming complex sentences as part of their own language, the first non-human creature ever known to do so
oRlVo TIL heat kills more people than hurricanes, tornadoes and floods combined.