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TIL There is a jellyfish that lives upside down on the seabed

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j6MLM TIL Anthony Daniels (b. 1946) is the only actor to have either appeared in or been involved with all nine films in the Star Wars series. (C-3PO)
VMpQQ TIL Genghis Khan had the largest number of children in histroy at an all time high of 1000-2000 children
Oo9BL TIL that in 1911, poisoning by drinking Lysol was the most common means of suicide in Australia and New York
xVWOw TIL Olympic swimming pools must be sprayed with water during diving. It’s a safety feature called mechanical surface agitation and it allows diver to determine when they should enter their rotation.
6EjWZ TIL that, although people consider prostitution to be the "oldest profession", human beings have been practicing dentistry since around 7000BCE. This makes the oldest surviving records of dentistry far older than that of prostitution.