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TIL that the 2001 film Shrek is based on a book.

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p594 TIL fish can learn to pull a string to dispense food, and some have also figured out how to use a tool to pull the string as they swim by.
Mx0b TIL that scientists can grow bacon from stem cells.
4XdDJ TIL about James Barry (born Margaret Bulkley), an esteemed military surgeon who reformed medical standards across the British Empire. He performed one of the 1st C-sections where both mother & child survived. After Barry's death in 1865, it was discovered his assigned sex at birth was female.
4kkno TIL Fish eating spiders exist on every continent bar Antartica and can grow to have a leg length of up to 9cm long
GAy7j Til that Pakistan's Anthem was written in Persian (Farsi) , which is not an official language in Pakistan.