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TIL Jeff Bezos chose books as the thing to first sell on Amazon because it was the product that had the most individual items.

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9YOwD TIL that elephants have prehensile penises, meaning that they can use them to pick things up and perform other various tasks.
kXKe TIL A chicken can be hypnotized by holding its head against the ground and drawing a line along the ground with a stick or finger, starting at the beak and extending straight in front of the chicken. It will remain immobile between 15 seconds and 30 minutes, continuing to stare at the line.
4Xxj6 TIL Astronomer Thomas Harriot observed the Sun directly through a telescope and left nearly 200 drawings of sunspots from the period 1610–1612. To protect his eyes, he took advantage of mist and fog to dim the Sun's brightness
OEvX TIL South Park’s Ike Broflovski has been voiced by 12 different people, most recently Bill Hader
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