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TIL that entirely poodle teams have competed in the Iditarod

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e0xQD TIL Helium was first discovered on the Sun (named from the Greek word 'Helios', meaning "the Sun") through the analysis of the Sun's spectrum, and is the only element in the Periodic Table to be discovered some place other than Earth.
e09p4 TIL about Cymothoa exigua, a parasitic isopod that can cut off a fish's tongue and replace the tongue with itself.
m1LJP TIL: Vein Popping Kid and Overly Attatched Girlfriend meme went to the same highschool.
glR4 TIL that in 2007 black leaders of Noxubee County Mississippi were found guilty of orchestrating “relentless racial discrimination” against white voters.
8eYBK TIL. Astronauts left mirrors on the moon for scientists on earth to bounce lasers off.