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TIL that the cookiecutter shark feeds on animals much larger than itself by taking out small round cuts of meat from their bodies.

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D1RAp TIL in the months before his sudden death, former Mythbuster Grant Imahara built a fully animatronic Baby Yoda. Having spent 3 months of his personal time designing, programming, and 3D printing the project, he intended to bring it to hospitals to cheer up sick children.
Z8ZD TIL Bush’s African Aids program spends 2/3 of the money on abstinence only programs, will only give condoms to “high risk” groups, won’t support clean needles and while saving lives it could have saved millions more.
epag5 TIL Andrew Jackson gave his 21-year-old niece the role of First Lady when his wife died. She was praised for the food and alcohol she served during her tenure.
obPY TIL that the Sydney Opera House actually has terrible acoustics. Edo de Waart, the former chief conductor of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, once threatened to boycott the building. There is a A$202 Million project to renovate and improve the acoustics.
p8JEp TIL of the 'Flogsta Scream'. Every evening at 10pm students in the town of Uppsala, Sweden, let out a collective scream as a response to the stress of university life.