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TIL Electric Eels Can Remotely Control Their Prey’s Muscles

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QgGa TIL In 1957, an explosion occurred at a plutonium plant in the USSR, resulting in the third worst nuclear accident in history. The government kept it secret for 19 years.
LQE1d TIL Crows and Magpies Snatch Anti-Bird Spikes to Build Their Nests
1aoZr TIL about Henry VIII's "eavesdrop" figures: he has creepy statues built onto ceiling beams to warn against gossip or dissension and foster paranoia
W74eL TIL Whales and dolphins, who still retain vestigial hip bones, evolved from land-dwelling even-toed ungulates (like hippos, deer, and camels) around 50 million years ago.
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