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TIL that lobsters taste with their legs and chew with their stomachs.

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JJa8 TIL ants take their dead back to their nests to be put into a burial chamber with their other deceased.
69mXY TIL about Norman Kwong, the first Chinese-Canadian to play in the CFL. During his career he won 4 Grey Cups and set a record for single-season rushing yards by a Canadian player; after he retired he co-owned the Calgary Flames in the NHL and later was appointed lieutenant governor of Alberta.
1bdV TIL the pangolin is the only known mammal to have keratin scales covering their skin.
0dpRy TIL The space burial company Celestis will include DNA from presidents George Washington, Dwight Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, and Ronald Reagan on their upcoming memorial flight to be launched in deep space this year.
5V1pp TIL Sam Peckinpah director of 'The Wild Bunch' intended the audience to be horrified by the violence of the film, and was instead troubled by their enjoyment of it.