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TIL - 2000 was the first year Martin Luther King Jr. Day was officially observed in all 50 states

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P1KAE TIL that the Pistol Shrimp, a small creature that can snap its claw so fast, it creates a bubble hot enough to produce light and temperatures similar to the sun's surface, stunning or killing its prey with the shockwave
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