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TIL there are catfish in France which beach themselves in order to eat pigeons

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graW4 TIL one estimate claims that Earth may have 1 trillion species. However, only 1.75–1.8 million have been named and 1.8 million documented in a central database. These currently living species represent less than one per cent of all species that have ever lived on Earth.
eey4 TIL that Switzerland has enough fallout shelters for 114% of its population
VMdQp TIL that the most common supermarket mushrooms (Button, Cremini, and Portabella) are all the same species.
gMjwD TIL in 1857 Senator James Hammond, representative of South Carolina, released a manual of breastfeeding rules for enslaved women. The manual regulated time spent breastfeeding and rigidly set weaning schedules. The women were forced to nurse the children of their owners as well as other babies.
9xAm TIL that Liberace never publicly admitted that he was homosexual, and on more than one occasion sued a publication for implying that he was.