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TIL that electric eel’s zap can transfer genes to nearby animals

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rNBgM TIL the James Webb Telescope has revealed secrets of the universe's first billion years, offering new insights into early galaxy formation.
KJQR TIL that German architect Herman Sörgel had a plan to build an enormous dam across the Strait of Gibraltar to lower the sea level of the Mediterranean Sea by up to 200 m to colonize new territories and produce huge amounts of hydroelectricity.
xVbdD TIL that for the 1981 movie Escape from New York, the futuristic “computer graphics” shots of three-dimensional wireframe animations was made using handmade miniature models. Real computer graphics would have been far more expensive.
peL8 TIL The Member of Parliament representing the electorate of “Batman” in Australia is also the Shadow Minister for Justice
j6oOa TIL, In 1731, the Dey of Algiers presented King Frederick I of Sweden with a lion, one of the first lions in Scandinavia. When the lion died, the king sent it to a taxidermist. However, because he had never seen a lion before the taxidermy was poorly performed, resulting in a comically deformed face