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TIL it is illegal to release balloons in the state of Florida

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VMppk TIL that owls can’t move their eyes in their sockets making their 180 degree neck turning necessary to see around them
5VJdk TIL: "Muscle is muscle" is wrong, and there is HUGE variation in what differently adapted muscle fibers can do. Type 2x muscle fibers have 10x more peak power than Type 1 muscle fibers, for example
7rGVL TIL of the Tomb Of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery in Washington D.C. Begun in 1921, it honors servicemen and women whose remains were never returned or found. Also, its sentinels do not wear their name plates or ranks on their uniforms out of respect for the fallen comrades
k0GB TIL that in 1986 Apple launched a clothing line.
wLLJY TIL that Emperor Commodus would club citizens of Rome missing their feet tethered together to death while pretending they were giants in the arena.