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TIL Salamanders retract their eye balls into their mouth cavities to help them swallow their food.

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9Ym6r TIL James Doohan from Star Trek received a suicide note from a fan. He told her he wanted to see her at his next con. She began to visit him multiple cons before he lost contact with her. 8 years later he got a letter of thanks from her and saying she now had a masters in electrical engineering.
nPrG TIL the forests of Chernobyl are not decomposing, making scientists concerned of a possible “nuclear forest fire.”
R5ZX6 TIL that the so called 'blue zone' areas that contain supercentenarians and the oldest-old are concentrated into regions with no birth certificates and short lifespans.
arMM TIL Canada’s Constitution was permanently stained red after a student poured paint on it in protest. He was sentenced to only 3 months in jail, to be served on weekends, as the court believed his actions had shown that he was “an excellent student, with a possibly brilliant artistic future.”
doKZ TIL it can cost over $289,000 for a one-year hot dog stand permit in Central Park.