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TIL: The Constitution made no provision for replacing Vice Presidents who died or departed before finishing their terms. As a result, the office has been vacant for almost 38 years in the nation’s history.

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awY0A TIL of Sombra, drug detection dog of the Colombian Nat'l Police. She's led to over 200 arrests & seizure of at least 9 tons of illicit drugs. Police upped security for Sombra after the cartel Los Urabeños (aka Gulf Clan) put a bounty on her head. Reports on price for her murder varied from $7K-$70K.
OGVDa TIL that our eyes have evolved to essentially hide from our own immune systems to avoid damage and blindness from inflammations
RBa TIL that Danny DeVito produced Pulp Fiction.
p8ygN TIL that the well-known 'ugly' blob fish (the one with the nose) only looks like that when they are pulled out from the high pressure environments such as deep beneath the oceans up to the surface. The pressure change results in tissue damage which makes the fish look like it's melting.
0dRej TIL That riveted ships and boilers were made to be water-tight by caulking which, in this case, refers to the process of hammering the face of one steel plate so the deformation will fill the gaps, resulting in a tight seal.