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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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4V0g TIL that in 1998, Bill Gates earned $1 million per hour (and almost $300 per second).
wLx6 TIL that in Australian pornography, a woman’s labia has to be removed through photoshop because they are thought to be “too obscene”
r8Jw TIL Nate Boyer, a former Green Beret, was the one who suggested taking a knee to Colin Kaepernick
OAkY TIL Diesel engines produce very little carbon monoxide and will not kill a person trying to commit suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning.
AQVn TIL Synsepalum dulcificum is a “Miracle Fruit” which, after consumed, makes sour foods taste sweet. And in the 1970’s an attempt to commercialize this fruit for that purpose failed with accusations of the sugar industry sabotaging the research to prevent loss of business