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TIL although that some sharks do indeed need to be constantly moving, most species of shark have the ability to pump water over their gills and thus respire at rest.

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ZpmBR TIL Mr. Lawrence, the voice of Plankton, worked as a layout assistant on Ren and Stimpy, and oversaw some of the grotesquely detailed closeup oil paintings made famous on the show, a style that was later imitated on Sponegebob.
LkwD9 TIL of the Parker Solar Probe, launched in 2018, which by 2025 will accelerate to 430,000 mph and travel to (only) 4.3 million miles from the center of the Sun
4X1V6 TIL A baby puffin is called a "puffling."
kOG8E TIL John Carmack (founder of "id Software" known for his work in the development of Doom, Quake and Wolfenstein) was arrested at the age of 14 for helping a group of children steal Apple || computers using a mixture of thermite and Vaseline to melt the windows to break into the building.
B5bk TIL a nurse wanted to know if her farts were contaminating equipment in the lab. The doctor and a microbiologist tested the hypothesis by having a colleague fart clothed then naked onto two Petri dishes. The conclusion was that clothing acts as a filter, but naked farts can cause contamination.