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TIL that the horned lizard can squirt blood from its eyes as a defensive measure.

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JyKk TIL In 1977 Syracuse University communications students high jacked a tv station. They aired the brand new feature film ‘Rocky’ and some classic porn movies to the general public on channel 7. This went on for 2 days and during that time the FCC received ZERO complaints.
nJEB TIL that flight numbers are often taken out of use after a crash or a serious incident
AZQl TIL that when your kitty brings you home a dead animal, it think you are an incompetent hunter and is trying to show you the ropes
5YLMn TIL of the case of The United States v One Package of Japanese Pessaries - a court case which legalised doctor prescribed contraception.
yQpRJ TIL that a Christian sect called "Millerites" believed that Christ would return by Oct. 22, 1844. When that didn't happen, the "Great Disappointment" caused them to fall into confusion and disband, with some former Millerites reinterpreting their doctrine and forming the Seventh Day Adventists.