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TIL that starfish have filtered sea water in their system instead of blood.

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p8OPb TIL On August 23, 2017 Rich Hill pitched nine no-hit innings, only to lose the game on a walk-off home run by Josh Harrison in the 10th inning. The perfect game was broken up by a ninth-inning error, for the first time in MLB history. Only 303 no-hitters have been thrown in MLB history since 1876.
xWoD TIL that production on 2014 biblical epic film Noah was delayed due to ‘heavy rain and flooding’ on location from Hurricane Sandy
EZJo TIL: In the original story of the Wizard of Oz, Dorothy wore silver slippers to protect her from the Wicked Witch of the West, but this was changed to Ruby Slippers in the 1939 film to take advantage of the new Technicolor process
0nLM TIL: Despite lack of media coverage, the Special Olympics World Games is often the largest sporting event of the year
awEKJ TIL After over 70 years of separation, people in North and South Korea speak in increasingly different ways. South Koreans have incorporated many English words and phrases into their language, while isolated North Korea has eliminated words with foreign origins and created homegrown substitutes.