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TIL that Fuente del Ángel Caído - the Monument of the Fallen Angel, situated in Buen Retiro Park in Madrid, Spain - is at the height of exactly 666 meters above the sea level and is reputed to be the only prominent sculpture dedicated to the devil

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epaD6 Today I learned that the squid Euprymna scolopes hides its shadow from predators during its nocturnal explorations thanks to the light emitted by a bacteria presents in its mantle, which produces exactly as much light below its body as it receives from above.
b9EwE TIL Diego is a hoodland tortoise who was a part of a breeding programme. He fathered 900 offsrping, and is responsible for bringing the population out of near extinction to a 2000 strong population today.
E1YdP TIL about Blue Babe, a 36,000 year old mummified steppe bison found in Alaska in 1979. After scientists painstakingly dug up the specimen and prepared it for display in the University of Alaska Museum, they decided to celebrate by taking a piece of meat from its neck, stewing it, and eating it.
j6ODQ TIL that the longest professional baseball game was between the Pawtucket Red Sox and the Rochester Red Wings. The 8-hour-plus minor league game began on April 18, 1981, and was suspended at 4:09 a.m. after 32 innings. They played the final inning on June 23. Pawtucket won 3-2.
j5Vv TIL: Amazon rich guy Jeff Bezos has recovered Apollo 11 and 12 rocket engines from the Atlantic Ocean, at depths of around 14,000 feet, a mile deeper than the Titanic