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TiL that scallops are active swimmers, making them the only bivalve capable of migration.

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1vn7 TIL a 120-meter-deep, 17th-Century salt mine in Romania has been converted to the world’s largest salt mining museum and amusement park, complete with a Ferris wheel, an amphitheater, light shows on the rock walls and boat rides on a subterranean lake.
yQDKv TIL that 90% of people (trichromats) see about 1 million colors, but the others, (tetrachromats) have a genetic mutation and therefore see an incredible 100 million colors. This happens more in women, with nearly 12% of women having this fourth color perception channel.
XEDLk TIL Corona never paid to be in Fast and the Furious but received an estimated $15 million in free advertising.
ADlA7 TIL Starfish have been suffering from a deadly virus which knots their limbs, before their legs rip themselves off and crawl away from their bodies
e5O4 TIL that it is quite common for curious onlookers to start yelling “Jump, b*tch, jump!” or “Go for it!” to suicidal people until they actually jump. This is one of the reasons why the police tries to push the audience out of the shouting range.