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TIL Moray eels have two sets of jaws: the oral jaws and the pharyngeal jaws

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BrbdW TIL: Delaware is the only original U.S. colony to never lead any branch of government in the history of the U.S. - No President, No Supreme Court Justice, No Speaker of the House, and No Senate Majority or Minority Leader has ever served from the state.
epxyL TIL: The US government owns 1.4 billion pounds of cheese storaged hundreds of feet below ground in converted limestone mines in Missouri.
7rppX TIL that Hitler had a nephew, William Hitler, who served in the US Navy and wrote an article in a magazine titled 'Why I Hate My Uncle'.
BbVW TIL that you can’t make a true James Bond vesper martini anymore. Kina Lillet was discontinued and reformulated in 1986, making the scene in the Casino Royale movie anachronistic (unless the bar had an old bottle lying around)
VjRk TIL Jonathan Brandis, best known as Sebastian in the sequel to ‘the NeverEnding Story’ auditioned for the role of Anakin in 'Star Wars: Episode II’ Sadly, today marks the anniversary of his death 12 years ago. RIP