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TIL A Lobsters Nervous System is So Similar to a Human's that Human AntiDepressants work on Lobsters

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rNGp1 TIL: Operation Plumbbob team - a manhole cover above a nuke underground shot into space, becoming one of the fastest manmade objects in the world at 149,129 mph!
kOkeW TIL that the Roman Emperor Commodus had a bath attendant thrown into an oven after he found his bathwater was lukewarm. Due to repeated attempts on his life, he often had Roman citizens killed for making him angry.
XEXYD TIL Mexican drug cartels are fighting over a multi-billion avocado industry.
Lk8G0 TIL in 1990 the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird set a speed record when it travelled from LA to Washington DC in a bit over an hour, with an average speed of 2,144 mph.
0d07A TIL Brooklyn's Cobble Hill Tunnel is the oldest subway tunnel in the world. It was closed in 1861 and forgotten for over 100 years. In 1980 it was rediscovered by a local college dropout named Bob Diamond.