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TiL that the spiral shell of a Nautilus cephalopod isn't full of its body, but a system of air chambers that act like buoyancy chambers on a submarine!

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0wB1p TIL Katharine Hepburn is the only person to win an Oscar for portraying a relative. She was a direct descendant of Eleanor of Aquitaine, who she portrayed in The Lion in Winter and won best actress. Eleanor had been dead for more than 750 years when Hepburn played her.
lokaK TIL of Reet Jurvetsen, a 19-year-old woman who was murdered in 1969. Her body remained unidentified for 46 years, until her older sister was contacted by friends who noticed a similarity between Reet and an online mortuary photograph of the body.
Mejvm TIL that Lethal Weapon 2 opened in South Africa, December 1989. Despite the film's anti-South African stance, it was passed uncut by the censors and it was a huge hit. Two months later, Nelson Mandela was released from prison. Danny Glover had actually portrayed him in HBO’s Mandela (1987)
b6Daj TIL they celebrate American Thanksgiving in the Netherlands.
X0nMQ TIL Nintendo Used To Run Love Hotels, Where It’s Ex-CEO Hiroshi Yamauchi Was One Of It’s Most Reliable Customers