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TIL the gun that was used to kill Trayvon Martin sold for $250,000

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KW6E TIL that Hollywood got its name from a Chinese man in a wagon hauling wood.
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woXDM TIL about Hagfish - They have a skull & no spine, no jaws & teeth on its tongue. It's unknown how they reproduce or how to tell one's age. They secrete a fiber reinforced 'slime' that researchers hope may innovate many future materials. In 300m years they have only evolved by losing their eyesight.