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TIL: Lobsters were once considered insects of the sea and couldn’t be fed to prisoners more than once a week because it was considered “cruel punishment”.

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D176P TIL that Arnold Schwarzenegger paid Austria to ship him the exact same tank he drove when he was a soldier. It is fully operable (minus the gun) and he uses it to support his fundraising efforts.
rNRZx TIL about unisexual mole salamanders which are an all-female complex of salamanders that 'steal' sperm from up to five different species of salamanders in the genus Ambystoma and recombine it to produce female hybrid offspring. This method of reproduction is called kleptogenesis.
xRb0 TIL people who think older cars are safer because ‘they’re heavier, not made of plastic,’ etc… are dead wrong.
78EoP TIL that needle-free 'virtually painless' injections are possible through laser technology.
l7Qda TIL the rocket booster from the "Four Inch Flight" is on display at the US Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, AL.