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TIL there's a bacterium visible to the naked eye called Thiomargarita magnifica, reaching up to 2 cm long

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6KjY TIL India bans captive Dolphin shows as ‘morally unacceptable’ - They believe they are highly intelligent & should be seen as ‘non-human persons’ with their own specific rights.
aYpL TIL that males may have evolved facial features specifically designed to take a punch. Researchers found that facial bones commonly broken during a fight grew more resilient as time progressed and were the same bones that showed the most divergence between males and females.
9wyW7 TIL about a worm that grows upto 3ft and the only treatment is to pull it out of a body
814Z TIL The record for the most passengers on an airplane was set in 1991 when 1086 Ethiopian jews were evacuated on a Boeing 747 to Jerusalem. The plane landed with 1088 passengers as two babies were born during the flight.
oBmdK TIL that Jeff Goldblums distinctive delivery of dialogue—usually a melodic kind of stammering peppered with “uhs” and pregnant pauses—began while filming 1978's Invasion of the Body Snatchers.