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TIL that owls can’t move their eyes in their sockets making their 180 degree neck turning necessary to see around them

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d84Y9 TIL There's a family where every member has 12 fingers
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6dAQ TIL the Asian “flush” raises a red flag for increased cancer risk
76MX TIL when demolishing Pablo Escobar’s former house, the new owner found a previously unknown safe that to this day is still locked and unopened.
7rgjr TIL: In 2014, former MIT employee Ethan Zuckerman apologized for inventing the first popup ad in 1997.