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Til that the mimic octopus can change into more than 15 different shapes, including snake, stingray, lionfish, and furry turkey.

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606W TIL that in the 1960s Chrysler developed a car powered by a gas turbine engine. It could rev to 44,500 rpm, sounded like a vacuum cleaner and could run on diesel, petrol, kerosine, jet fuel and as the President of Mexico proved, tequila.
yyep TIL a disco version of the Star Wars Theme became a #1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 on October 1, 1977 - and held the spot for two weeks.
P1PeO TIL litotes is the term for using a negative to state a positive while implying mediocrity, whether out of politeness, modesty, or as something funny. Some examples that are "not bad" are: "your book wasn't awful", "he's not a terrible learner" and "Maradona wasn't a half-decent footballer"
KJ46 TIL despite its reputation, the black widow spider’s bite very rarely kills humans and has accounted for 0 deaths despite nearly 2,000 bites annually.
NARe TIL In 2009 Burger King launched a campaign that if you unfriended 10 friends on Facebook you were entitled to a free whopper. The person you unfriended would get a message telling them that their friendship is worth less than a whopper.