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TIL that goldfish are more closely related to humans than to sharks

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R5aa9 TIL Of the Bre-X fraud. The Canadian mining company was a penny stock that reportedly found billions of dollars of gold in Indonesia. The stock skyrocketed but collapsed following the suicide of one of the geologists and discovery that the core samples were salted.
XEegD TIL of an Eating Disorder first coined in 1996 called Orthorexia Nervosa (that is not in the officiall not in theDSM-V) where sufferers of this ED have an unhealthy obsession and fixation on food quality, health and purity that is rooted in food and eating restriction.
v18X4 TIL In 1970, the Oregon Highway Division consulted with the US Navy and decided the best way to dispose of a whale carcass was to blow it up with a 1/2 ton of dynamite. The explosion caused blubber to rain down on spectators for over a 1/4 of a mile. A large chunk demolished a car.
P1JOn TIL Hulk Hogan Helped Prevent Jesse Ventura From Starting A Wrestlers Union
1aER8 TIL Shishi-odoshi, used in japanese gardens as part of the visual and aural design, were originally designed to scare away animals such as deer or boars from grazing on the plants nearby.