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TIL There's a museum that has the world's largest collection of the world's smallest versions of the world's largest things.

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D1XYp Today I learned that a lot of reptiles, amphibians and some fish have a third eye. The Parietal eye is located on the top of their head and acts as a photocell sensor to detect light levels.
k7k5 TIL that Indian government sets up a polling booth in a forest full of lions for a single voter.
6EppY TIL that Micheal Keaton's Batman did not wear boots in 'Batman Returns' (1992). Instead, his Batsuit was comprised of body armor connected to a pair of custom made Air Jordan 6.
Gy6G TIL an experiment sponsored the Quaker Oats corporation fed 73 mentally disabled children radioactive oatmeal in order to track “how nutrients were digested”. The children were told they were joining a science club in exchange for larger portions of food and trips to baseball games.
PYkae TIL that John Wilkes Booth’s grave is marked by a small plain headstone in his family’s plot. Every day people show their “respect” play placing pennies on it facing downwards.