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TIL that according to the Hawaiian creation myth, our universe comes from the wreckage of another, earlier universe and the only creatures that survived from that alien universe are octopuses

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QJeJE Today I learned: Joan Crawford was bisexual. Her daughter Christina confirmed in 2010 her mother had relationships with several women; her unreciprocated feelings for Bette Davis are rumored to have fueled their at times combative relationship.
Me6GB TIL: The actual phrase is "Houston, we've had a problem"
OdQg TIL the reason dogs walk in circles before going to sleep is because this is how they would create a bed in long grass in the wild
KOblE TIL that in 1995, Isaac Asimov received a letter congratulating him on an accidental prediction of alpha-particle RAM errors in one of his 1950s novel “Caves of Steel”.
E10V TIL: That “Chimpanzees, who cannot swim, have drowned in zoo moats trying to save others.” And “Given the chance to get food by pulling a chain that would also deliver an electric shock to a companion, Rhesus monkeys will starve themselves for several days.”