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TIL there is an annual competition for scientists to explain their PhD through interpretive dance

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W7yeL TIL that some butterflies drink tears to survive
J1pNm TIL in 1722 Philip Ashton was captured by the pirate Ned Low although he eventually escaped in the spring of 1723 when the pirate landed at uninhabited Roatán island in the Gulf of Honduras. After the pirates stopped looking for him, he proceeded to survive 16 months as a castaway on the island.
mXrp TIL a guy dissected every scene from lost and put them in a chronological timeline. He took every flashback, flash forward, and flash sideways, extracting them from the present day stroyline, and one big timeline.
e0OyJ TIL that in 1992, National Public Radio ran a spot with former President Richard Nixon saying he was running for president again. It was an actor, not Nixon, and the segment was an April Fools' prank.
W6Q8 TIL that the location of the world’s tallest tree, Hyperion, standing at 379 feet, is kept a secret, and is hiding somewhere in California