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TIL that instead of chucking live lobsters into boiling water or splitting their heads open, you can anesthetize them with clove oil before cooking. And as a bonus, it makes them taste better (probably due to reduced stress hormones and reduced hemolymph loss).

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L8XQ TIL of a Sesame Street special in 1983 in which Big Bird helps a cursed 4,000 year old Egyptian child prince defeat a demon by solving a riddle and weighing his heart
Rmea TIL that during the first battle of the American Civil War, hundreds of civilians from Washington DC brought picnic baskets and came to watch the battle, sure the Union would easily win. The Union lost, and the civilians were caught in the retreat of the Northern army.
oRM9R TIL that Papua New Guinea still recognizes the British monarch as their ceremonial head of state.
MYKb TIL The Italian military will start growing marijuana
4kbRb TIL that a nuclear worker in Japan was exposed to 17 Sieverts of radiation (twice the amount that should kill a person). He was kept alive for 83 days, suffering serious radiation burns to his body, severe organ failure, and an almost zero white blood cell count.