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TIL there is a species of fish who have a singular lung and can breathe fresh air like humans

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ZpYo TIL that, whilst fighting in the Spanish Civil War, George Orwell was shot through the neck. The bullet missed his main artery by a fraction, but he fully recovered - going on to write Animal Farm and 1984, amongst others.
ADERo TIL in 1935, in a newly built Sydney aquarium, a tiger shark vomited a human arm that belonged to a man that went missing recently, which sparked a murder mystery when it was discovered the arm was severed with a knife instead of being bitten off.
X00xj TIL Jonah Hill holds the record for cursing on screen putting Samuel L. Jackson in second place.
9OaQ TIL that a Spanish double-agent played a major role in hoodwinking the Nazis, paving the way for a successful Normandy campaign and the eventual surrender of the Germans in WW2.
p875p TIL Adam West and Frank Gorshin were kicked out of an orgy because they were were determined to stay in-character as Batman and the Riddler.