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TIL there is an immortal species of jellyfish

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DvWP TIL Director John Ford was sent to the island of Midway to film a documentary on life at a small, isolated military base. He ended up getting caught in the Battle for Midway; he filmed the entire thing and was also injured during the fight.
VA0Q TIL ‘I’m sorry to have troubled you chaps’ were James Bond creator Ian Fleming’s last words to the EMTs tending to him during his heart attack.
Ygnv TIL 10,000 shipping containers are lost at sea each year and 10% of those hold toxic chemicals which may leak into the ocean
1M0O TIL that The Golden Temple in India feeds a vegetarian meal to over 100,000 people a day regardless of race, religion and class.
0d7PA TIL pupil size Is a marker of intelligence