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TIL that the Black Swallower fish can eat prey twice it’d own length and ten times it’s weight.

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jNR4X TIL that Ed Sheeran never sells front row seats in order to see the real fans right in front of him. He gives them away to random fans outside so the front row isn't always just wealthy people.
gZpb TIL in 1984, James Huberty called a mental health center seeking help. Because he did not state it was an emergency, his call was not returned. The next day he walked into a crowded McDonald’s in San Ysidro and began shooting, killing 21 and injuring 19 more.
wLeJ8 TIL New York's metropolitan transit authority dumped over 2,500 subway cars into the ocean to create reefs for fish to live in. The project was a success and has been shown off by photographer Stephen Mallon.
kPYE TIL that since Abraham Lincoln’s burial, his coffin had been moved 17 times and opened 6 times. On the last time the coffin was opened (1901) his face was still perfectly recognizable
nWWEW TIL about the Biological Resource Center in Arizona, that was raided by the FBI in 2014, where agents discovered bodies (which had been donated to "science") "cut up with chainsaws," "a woman's head sewn on a man's torso," and more, being sold for profit. The owner got probation. Agents got therapy.