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TIL contrary to popular belief, tortoises are in fact turtles rather than part of a separate group.

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e0aEn TIL Redd Foxx and Malcolm X met while working at the same restaurant in Harlem in the 1940s. They were called "Chicago Red" and "Detroit Red" respectively, due to their reddish hair. In his autobiography, Malcolm X refers to Foxx as "the funniest dishwasher on this earth."
XE8Ak TIL about the USS Oriskany Fire wherein a sailor panicked after accidentally igniting a magnesium flare then tossing it back into the locker filled with 250 flares. This resulted in the death of 44 with 156 injured and nearly sank the aircraft carrier
mxpJM TIL The oldest known galaxy in the universe is GN-z11, a galaxy approximately 32 billion light years away from us. Scientists observe it as it existed 13.4 billion years ago, only 400 million years after the Big Bang.
VOYZ TIL that companies can legally discriminate against people who smoke
Gwj TIL there is a fish that has the dental characteristics of a human and has killed people by chewing their testicles off.