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TIL: The consensus is that octopuses are most likely sentient.

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kmOE TIL the Michelangelo’s ‘David’ was made from a single, 6 ton piece of marble that was twice discarded by other sculptors. Also, he is left-handed…
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e0Kw4 TIL the British government accidentally published classified information about their nuclear submarines in a "redacted" report. The classified information had been "blacked out" in the document, but anyone who opened the document could copy and paste the "blacked-out" text in order to read it.
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