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TIL that Glitter is destroying our oceans.

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D16Kv TIL that owls cannot move their eyes. This is because their eyes are not balls, but cylinders that are held in place by bones called sclerotic rings. This is also the reason that owls have evolved to be able to rotate their head 270 degrees left and right, and 90 degrees up and down.
KYoDQ TIL that a hybrid of the American paddlefish and Russian sturgeon was successful despite their last common ancestor being 184 million years ago.
N7ma1 TIL New toilets on the Navy’s two newest aircraft carriers clog so frequently that the ships’ sewage systems must be cleaned periodically with specialized acids costing about $400,000 a flush!
xApg TIL Muslims suffered between 82 and 97 percent of terrorism-related fatalities over the past five years.
rjJ1 TIL Costco doesn’t make money selling products - it makes all profits from membership fees