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

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Br9yk TIL about Superman vs. Muhammad Ali, an oversize celebrity comic book published by DC Comics in 1978. The 72-page book features Superman teaming up with the heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali to defeat an alien invasion of Earth, but first they have fight each other in a boxing match.
R7Qk9 TIL: Howard Stern mocked Selena's murder and burial, poked fun at her mourners, criticized her music and said that Spanish people had the worse taste in music. Stern then played Selena's songs with gunshots in the background on his show.
VBmXk TIL John "Babbacombe" Lee was an Englishman famous for surviving three attempts to hang him for murder in 1885. It's speculated that this is where the phrase "third time's a charm" comes from.
4kMg5 Til - the Bagger 288 has a larger 'sibling', the Bagger 293 is 5m longer and 700 tons heavier.
dDvQd TIL that the Ancient Egyptians invented foie gras