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TIL Scallops can have up to 100 eyes.

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D1Ryj TIL that the first trans-Atlantic telegraph cable was completed in 1858 and the first telegram was sent from Queen Victoria to the president of the United States. It was destroyed a month later due to the application of excessive voltage.
9w4Yp TIL for the past 5 years in a row guns have been the leading cause of death amongst children 1 to 19 years old in the US
OGE5X Today I learned that between 1912 and 1946, ART was an actual olympic sport
ANaJg TIL that when epidemiologist Tamara Safonova and virologist Alexandra Sheboldaeva discovered Tick-Borne Encephalitis Virus in 1937, they were accused of spreading the virus themselves and sentenced to 18 years in Soviet labor camps.
E1007 TIL the Aretha Franklin's documentary "Amazing Grace" was filmed in 1972 but not released until 46 years later in 2018, largely because the director forgot to use a clapperboard and the audio track could not be synced with the footage until recently