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TIL that when &%#@$ replace profanity with a #&@%ing string of typographic symbols it’s called a grawlix

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neLdG TIL Octopuses have blue blood, no bones and three hearts
D166Y TIL that Willie O'Ree, the first black man to play in the NHL, was blind in one eye. It was caused by a ricocheting puck that hit him in the face when he was 18 and he kept it a secret for his entire 21-year career.
gMQWb TIL the highest-grossing non-sequel film of 1992 was Sister Act, starring Whoopi Goldberg. Plot: A lounge singer is forced to join a convent after being placed in a witness protection program.
6E6bY TIL if you put your head under water in Kerosene Creek , a hot spring in New Zealand, its possible for amoebas in the water to get into your nose. They then pass through your nerves into your brain. Once they are in your brain they eat your neurons and you eventually die. Death is almost guaranteed.
E08o TIL: The most popular of the US national media sources—Fox, CNN, MSNBC—seem to be the least informative, while Fox news actually makes you less informed than watching no news at all.