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TIL female shrimp get one or two eyes removed to increase reproduction- it’s called eyestalk ablation

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7rvOb TIL The Hubble Telescope is using Spermaceti (whale oil) to lubricate its parts due to whale oil's capacity to withstand extremely cold temperatures without coagulation.
4kRaN TIL Americans have a distinctive lean and it’s one of the first things the CIA trains operatives to fix.
neB5o TIL that "Ironman Triathlon" is a brand name owned by the World Triathlon Corporation, which was bought by the Chinese conglomerate Wanda Group for $650 million in 2015.
GxME TIL 13 paintings were stolen from an art museum in Boston in 1990 by two thieves dressed in police uniforms, who tricked museum security into letting them access the gallery. Value of the paintings lost was over $500 million, making it the largest private property heist in history, still unsolved
160QP TIL the Walker Brothers weren't brothers and their surnames weren't Walker (real names being John Maus, Scott Engel and Gary Leeds).