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TIL that Blue whales are among the loudest animals on the planet, and might hear each other up to 1,000 miles away.

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LQMpQ TIL with Scallops, only the abductor muscle is eaten by humans. The rest of the meat, which is edible, may contain a buildup of toxins, and is discarded at sea.
neywr TIL A corn is a protective thickening of the skin on the top of the foot, usually on a bony, knobby portion of a toe. At the center of a corn is often a dense knot of skin called a core, which is located over the area of greatest friction or pressure
x071 TIL that Upton Sinclair, in his book The Brass Check, had proposed a law that any newspaper which prints a false statement shall be required to give equal prominence to a correction, on penalty of a substantial fine, among other remedies
pYBON TIL that Fort Castillo de San Marcos is a fort constructed out of cannonball-eating coquina stone (sea shell rock).
JGmv TIL a framed photo of a 4chan post sold for $90,900 on Ebay. The post read: “Art used to be something to cherish / Now literally anything could be art/This post is art”