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TIL It isn’t blood in your steak, it’s myoglobin.

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ADK4g TIL Cats do not need to blink on a regular basis to keep their eyes lubricated. Unblinking eyes are probably an advantage when hunting. Cats will, however, squint their eyes, usually as a form of communication expressing affection and ease around another cat or human.
WoVo TIL that after extensive analysis of charts, currents, video, photographs, interviews, and witness statements it was shown that the Star Princess, a Princess Cruise Ship, did not leave three men adrift in the sea.
d8xDr TIL there are microorganisms living on the seafloor that reproduce only once every 10,000 years and have been alive for millions. These are likely the oldest living things on Earth.
7rdDL TIL Sony Ericsson went from having a net income of over 1.1 billion euros in 2007 to losing about 0.8 billion euros in 2009.
x601B TIL that Merian C. Cooper, creator of the original King Kong, was a bomber pilot in both WWI and WWII, and retired with a rank of brigadier general