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TIL Electric Eels Can Remotely Control Their Prey’s Muscles

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JYPvj TIL that the Election Commission of India sets up a polling station for just one person, 40 Kms inside a lion sanctuary. A team of two policemen and five officials travel along with the voting equipment to register the vote of Guru Bharatdas Darshandas, who is the priest of a local temple.
nZ7 TIL Lt. Worf was originally supposed to be a very minor character.
9wMv7 TIL The actress Nanette Fabray was one of the first people to perform sign language on television. Fabray was hearing impaired herself and an activist for the deaf. She would go on to be a founding member of the National Captioning Institute and decry loud background music on TV.
nEbd TIL Dave Grohl’s hometown of Warren, Ohio honored him with gigantic 902 lb drumsticks. The massive pair broke the Guinness World Record.
Z86M4 TIL in 2007 Switzerland accidentally invaded .9 miles into Liechtenstein and after their mistake issued an apology to which Lichtenstein’s official response was “no worries these things happen”