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TIL The largest octopus species in the world, the giant Pacific octopus, has three hearts, nine brains, and blue blood.

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4XmZX TIL of Ann Hodges, the only known and confirmed meteorite victim in human history. The meteorite breaks through their ceiling one afternoon in 1954 while she was sleeping on her couch and left a large bruise in her thigh. The meteorite was eventually donated to Alabama Museum of Natural History.
Eg5nw TIL about the Chinese Tiangong space station, which has been permanently crewed since 2022.
VGbm TIL The most decorated soldier in US history was an orphan who was shunned by his own men for being too small, and was turned away from two other military services before he got the chance to see combat. He was awarded every medal that a soldier could receive.
9eo7 TIL in 2004 Richard Dean Anderson was made an Honorary Air Force Brigadier General for positive portrayal of the Air Force on Stargate: SG-1
ADOrg TIL: Paleontology is experiencing a golden age, with a new dinosaur species discovered every 10 days on average.