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TIL No one was burned at the stake for witchcraft in Salem. They were all hanged, with the exception of Giles Corey who was pressed to death over the course of two days

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N7yEM TIL despite the huge size of whales, their pupils are only about 50% larger than those of humans. However, this still means they can hypothetically see stars about one magnitude fainter than we can, revealing 2.5 times more stars. Giant deep-sea squids have pupils some 10 times wider than whales.
8epmV TIL, that because Mars father is Jupiter and Jupiters father is Saturn, Johann Bode proposed that the 7th planet should be named after Jupiters father. Bode was unaware of the fact that Uranus was the greek and not roman god. There are now 6 planets named after roman gods and 1 named after a greek.
x6w5 TIL Sea Turtles have rectal gills that help them stay underwater longer. They are the only animals that have this adaptation
oMAr TIL that there is a rare snail that was named in honour of Steve Irwin, “Crikey steveirwini.”
X0rX6 TIL that the UK has a wild population of 10-15,000 yellow tailed scorpions. They live in Sheerness Dockyards in Kent and came over in shipments of Italian masonry in the 1800's.