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TIL There is a deep-sea fish which has a transparent head with eyes pointing upwards to see prey. It was discovered and described in 1939

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E1XgX TIL that the owner of the Café de la Rotonde in Paris would allow starving artists to pay for their drinks with a painting or drawing. In the 1900s the walls of the cafe would have been casually adorned with works now considered priceless.
R5WQ1 TIL of the Highway of Death, a six-lane highway between Kuwait and Iraq where US forces boxed in and then systematically slaughtered an estimated 1,000+ retreating Iraqi soldiers during the Gulf War. The devastation was so immense that President Bush Sr. declared a ceasefire the following day.
QJANe TIL if you're under 18 in China you can only play games up to 90 minutes on weekdays and three hours on weekends.
dDLNZ TIL the Palace Theater Light (Or Eternal Light) is the second oldest light bulb still working in the U.S. Installed in 1908 just a few years after the Centennial Light. Both have carbon filaments and were made by the Shelby Electric Company
j4JM TIL after thinking Johhny Cash covering his song ‘hurt’ was a bit “gimmicky”, Trent Reznor heard it and said “tears welling, silence, goose-bumps… that song isn’t mine anymore”