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TIL Sand Tiger Shark embryos fight each other in their mother’s womb. The survivor is born.

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VBlY0 TIL about the largest underground labyrinth in the world, the Odesa catacombs. It stretches up to 2,500 kilometers compared to the meager 300 kilometers of the Paris catacombs.
9kk6 TIL that plants communicate with each other, actively compete against one another for resources, and are capable of learning from their experiences.
j6j0N TIL that the majority of the missing kids featured in Soul Asylum’s “Runaway Train” video on MTV were located thanks to the video, which was then updated with photos of new missing children as the original ones were found.
6EK6J TIL that in Papua New Guinea, sorcery is legally defined: "Good magic", used for things like healing and fertility, is legal; while "Black magic", held responsible for unexplained deaths, is illegal
EVNo TIL The ancient Egyptian term for proctologist literally translates as “shepherd of the anus”