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TIL scientists filmed the deepest fish ever recorded swimming 8 336 m (27 349 ft) below the Pacific Ocean’s surface in Japan’s Izu-Ogasawara Trench

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R5Kp7 TIL that in baseball's early days, fielders could put base runners out not only by tagging them but also by throwing the ball at them before they reached a base. This practice was known as "plugging," "patching," or "soaking" and was considered essential for the "manliness" of the game.
ANL9n TIL Washing out the mouth with soap is a traditional form of physical punishment in the United States and United Kingdom from the late 19th century until the mid-20th century.
rwv4 TIL, the cairn terrier (Toto) has been proposed as the state dog of Kansas
epNO6 TIL philosopher Joseph Levine’s 1983 paper introduced the “explanatory gap” noting while “Pain is the firing of C fibers” is physiologically valid, it doesn’t make us understand how pain feels. Showing the challenge physicalists face in connecting physical properties to subjective experiences.
rNerM TIL about mummering, an old English/Irish tradition where people disguise themselves during Christmas to visit family and friends