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Today I learned that Broadclub cuttlefish can hypnotize their prey

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Mw0m TIL That Leonardo da Vinci claimed to have dissected more than 30 people in his pursuit to further understand human anatomy, and his more than 240 detailed drawings and over 13,000 words of observations revealed many then unknown characteristics of our bodies. However, all this remain unpublished.
D1mNv TIL In 1942, a 12-year-old lied about his age to join the Navy. He became a decorated war hero at age 13 but was thrown out of the Navy after his mom found out.
VMVdB TIL that the term, Luck of the Irish, was originally an insult. It was said sarcastically as the Irish have historically had bad luck, such as the potato famine.
9v4m TIL Thomas Jefferson founded the University of Virginia because Virginia’s only other college at the time, College of William & Mary, was too religious and did not have enough science courses.
woLn8 TIL that in the State of Georgia, most traffic violations, including speeding, are considered misdemeanors, meaning they are technically crimes punishable by jail time.