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TIL that barnacles (balanus glandula) are sticky little crustaceans related to crabs, lobsters, and shrimps.

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80g4 TIL that in 1968, science fiction writer and atheist Isaac Asimov published “Asimov’s guide to the Bible”. Asimov treats the secular aspects of the Bible with intellectual instead of theological commentary.
6wA8 TIL of the Mallows Bay ghost fleet, a massive group of US WWI ships intentionally sunk in the Potomac River, about an hour’s drive from Washington, DC. Along with other wrecks in the immediate area, some 200 ships dating back to the Revolutionary War can be found there, many visible from the shore.
KDwE TIL most of E.T. was filmed at the eye level of a child so adults can connect more with the children in the film
6eLw TIL Hitler’s toilet is in a New Jersey auto shop.
D1V7D TIL that the New Mexico territory was often considered for statehood in the 19th century but was never approved. One attempt in 1905 included merging with Arizona under the name 'Montezuma'. The following year the same merger was suggested under the name 'Arizona'. Arizona rejected the option.