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TIL that the official inventor of the fire hydrant is unknown because its patent was lost in a fire.

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W7vxA TIL that researchers raised a lung-bearing fish called the bichir entirely on land in order to study how its behavior and anatomy adapts, hoping to better understand the steps which led to the evolution of tetrapods
wLL1o Really, really old
nWxlo TIL The most expensive sports card is 1952 Mickey Mantle baseball card (Topps; #311) , sold for 12.6 million $ on August 28, 2022, breaking all previous records.
D1B4p TIL: “Flamin’ Hot Cheetos” sent multiple kids to the ER worried about blood in their stool, but actually it was just the red food dye changing the color because of the amount they ate.
ADMad TIL when Ted Bundy was put on trial, women would send him fan mail, many of which included nude pictures or marriage proposals. Groupies would even show up to the courtroom wearing hoop earrings with their hair parted down the middle, on the assumption that this style matched his victims.