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TIL: Swordfish can heat up their eyes in order to hunt better

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y8XM TIL There is a type of Catfish that lays its eggs among the eggs of the Cichlid fish, which carries its young in its mouth. These eggs will then hatch first inside the unwilling adoptive mother’s mouth, and proceed to eat the Cichlid eggs present before being released by the Cichlid.
jVWa TIL the word ‘moose’ is borrowed from Algonquin Indians and may be the oldest unchanged pronunciation in the English language.
7r0KP TIL There is a theory that Earth was completely frozen over in a phenomenon known as "Snowball Earth" between 700 million and 600 million years ago.
LOJ0 TIL that in South Carolina any Inmates that are guilty of sexual misconduct within the jail are forced to wear pink.
NXLKQ TIL that Tobe Hooper hoped the original cut of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre would get a PG rating due to the lack of visible gore. It received an X rating, only receiving an R once several minutes were cut. Certain theaters were told by police to not show the film or they could face morality charges