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TIL That Lobsters Communicate By Peeing At Each Others Faces

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wodA1 TIL Marc Rebillet sold his his spot in line to buy an iPhone for $800 back to a lady who wanted to buy all the iPhone in the store. This was in the 2000's.
5lAr TIL that a Roman merchant who sold fake jewels was sentenced to face a lion in the arena. When the gate finally opened, a chicken walked out. Emperor Gallienus proclaimed “He practiced deceit and then had it practiced on him.”
WkPRX TIL There was a time after the asteroid killed the dinosaurs when fungus was the absolute dominate life form on Earth caused by massive deforestation and lack of sunlight halting photosynthesis for months, essentially creating Fungus Earth.
WkW9L TIL about Wim Hof the Dutch extreme athlete known as The Iceman. Hof climbed to an altitude of 7,200 metres (23,600 ft) on Mount Everest wearing nothing but shorts and shoes. He also has shared his regimen for battling the cold referred to as The Wim Hof method.
LQNOV TIL that snail mucus is used as a cosmetic skin treatment.