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TIL The pistol shrimp can produce a flash of light near the temperature of the sun in addition to a powerfull shockwave similar to a bubble bullet

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ANZnB TIL most women have one breast that's larger than the other, with 65% reporting a smaller right breast. Theories as to why this includes women preferring to nurse on their left side, which results in that side producing more milk, and immune hypersensitivity being higher on the left side of the body
yVLXJ TIL that Jane Park, Britains younger ever lottery winner won the lottery so young that she said it ‘ruined her life’, became depressed and considered suing the lottery for allowing someone to win at such a young age after she was left isolated, alone and left to manage millions
GyQ4 TIL that Dave Grohl has been the drummer on every Tenacious D album and is considered a member of the band.
9wAjB TIL that in 1938 the Nazis would only create a German version of The Hobbit if Tolkien proved his Aryan heritage. Tolkien wrote back that he disavows any sort of "race doctrine".
1a5GP TIL Trident chewing gum contains pork