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TIL That there exists a type of fish that can live out its entire life cycle in the footprint of an elephant.

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YpaoA TIL that that attributing depression to spontaneously low serotonin is “deeply misleading and unscientific” and 65-80% of people on antidepressants are depressed again within a year.
loaPA TIL The energy required to fuse iron and heavier elements is greater than the energy created during the fusion process
LkLyV TIL about a beauty contest held in Singapore in 1998, which awarded 60% of the marks for knowledge of the internet.
KO54Q TIL Harvard University (founded 1636) temporarily lost the title of "oldest university in the United States" when the US colonized the Philippines (1899-1946), as Manila's Universidad de Santo Tomas (founded 1611) predated Harvard by 25 years.
a8ANb TIL of Aeschylus who was killed by a tortoise dropped by an eagle that had mistaken his bald head for a rock suitable for shattering the shell