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TIL taking fish supplements daily for the past 15 years might not have been a good idea after all

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VBGnm TIL that the Pantheon’s oculus serves as a natural heating and cooling system, this opening allows sunlight to illuminate the interior and helps regulate temperature. The open design also enables rainwater to enter, which drains through a sophisticated floor system
x6ABk TIL of the town Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha, Québec. The the only town in the world with two exclamation points in its name.
ykQV TIL that Howard Hughes special ordered 200 gallons of Baskin-Robbins’ Banana Ripple ice cream, then decided days later he preferred Chocolate Marshmallow. And as of 1996 it was thought that the ice cream still lingered in the Desert Inn’s freezer.
GYpr4 TIL that dead ants produce chemical known as Oleic Acid that helps ants know their buddy is dead. If you put some of this acid on a living moving ant, not only all ants around will be convinced he is dead, but also that ant himself. And wont object against throwing himself into ants graveyard.
oB1Zr TIL that the ‘Three Little Pigs’ in the Green Jellÿ 1993 hit song were voiced by musicians Les Claypool of Primus, Maynard James Keenan of Tool, and actor/comedian Pauly Shore