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TIL lobsters communicate by peeing in each others' faces.

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j6ykX TIL Japanese Shintoists consider it honorable to develop massive callouses on their shoulders after carrying heavy mobile shrines during their festivals.
OGEKR Today I learned that the beautiful fine sand in the Maldives and other tropical locations is basically parrot fish poop
BrNOk TIL humans can gain the ability to see ultraviolet light. We simply have a layer in our eyes which filters it out. Individuals who suffered eye damage from disease, injury or surgery have sometimes gained the ability to distinguish ultraviolet light.
bkNE TIL there is a fish that when eaten causes severe hallucinations lasting up to 36 hours. It was a party drug during the Roman Empire!
NXDMM TIL that the exoplanet GJ 1214 b was originally thought to be the first ocean planet discovered, and was named "Enaiposha" after the Maa word for "large body of water"; however, observations in 2025 detected carbon dioxide in the planet's atmosphere, suggesting that it may instead be a Super-Venus