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TIL octopuses kill themselves after laying eggs and its related to self injurious behavior in humans

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LQBwP TIL that an ancient 18-story underground city with thousands of ventilation shafts and waterways was discovered in Türkiye. It had churches, stables, a winery, and room for 20,000 people.
loMKr TIL we call people with red hair "red heads" as opposed to "orange heads" because the phrase has been around longer than the colour orange. The colour orange was described as red up until the 1500's when the first reference of orange in the English language can be found.
ORLg TIL that biliverdin, the pigment that gives robin eggs their blue color, is the same pigment that makes bruises look blue.
R7bG6 TIL James Hong (Lopan from Big Trouble in Little China) served in the US Army during the Korean War, but he was so entertaining to the other troops in training camp that the camp general requested he stay at the camp to be in charge of live shows rather than deploy overseas.
GPkE TIL that police can refuse to interview job applicants if they score too high on an intelligence test