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

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jYZa TIL there’s two U.S. states where the temperature has never surpassed 100 degrees F: Alaska and Hawaii.
7mkL TIL in 2007 a German pensioner was given a prison term of five months for, amongst other things, training his dog ‘Adolf’ to raise his right paw in a Nazi salute every time the command “Heil Hitler!” was uttered
M7jr7 TIL that a man was shot in the head and didn’t notice for five years because he was too drunk. A Polish man living in Germany went to the doctor for a headache, only to discover he had a bullet lodged in his skull from a forgotten New Year’s Eve party.
neGQB TIL that Egyptian Pharaohs and Deities that weren't known for being born of a God or Goddess had to take part in cannibalistic consumption of a God to take in a power known as hk3w that was later personified as the God Heka.
04nR TIL in 1906 Mark Twain, lonely and missing his wife and daughters, formed a club of young girls called the Angelfish Club who met regularly at his house to play cards.