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TIL Paleontologist Jørn Hurum teamed up with artist Esther van Hulsen to paint an octopus with 95-million-year-old ink

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A4Mn TIL Cylindrical aluminum cans have optimal geometric characteristics from spheres and cuboids for material and packing efficiency respectively.
9YPNm TIL Taco Bell was founded by Glen Bell who watched long lines of customers at a Mexican restaurant. He ate there regularly, attempting to reverse-engineer the taco recipe, and eventually persuaded the owners to show him how they were prepared. With this knowledge, he opened a stand selling tacos.
nW9YW TIL Gmail was originally by invitation only.
8aYG8 TIL about Chittorgarh, a ~700 acre mountaintop fortress in Rajasthan, India, built in the 700's AD and undefeated for almost 600 years
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