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TIL the blanket octopus has the largest size discrepancy between sexes of any animal. Females can grow over six feet, while males average about one inch.

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M7KMK TIL the incredible story of Alan Page: First ever NFL defensive MVP (1971); after the NFL attended law school; became a Minnesota Supreme Court Justice and served for more than 20 years.
1BV TIL There was going to be a movie of Dr. Who, starring Allan Rickman, and directed by Stephen Spielberg, but the BBC ruined it.
9KQD TIL that John Constantine is one of the only comic book characters to age in real time with his publication. This year he turned 61.
1aRmV Til of Babani Sissoko, who used black magic to con the Islamic Dubai Bank of more than $240m. He served half of his 43 day sentence and paid fines ($1.25m) with the money defrauded from the bank
6EP8 TIL the entire world population could be fit into the state of Texas and it would only have the population density of New York City.