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TIL that pearlfish will sometimes seek shelter in the anus of a sea cucumber. If the entrance is shut, the pearlfish will stick its tail in its mouth, cutting off its oxygen supply and forcing it to open its anus

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yDQl TIL A man tried to get the expressed written consent of Major League Baseball in order to give an account of the game to his friend, as their legal disclaimer states is required. He never got it.
4Xwy5 TIL A condition among waterfowl called angel wing can be caused by eating bread. In ducks and geese with angel wing, their wings become deformed because the carpal joint grows incorrectly making them unable to migrate. instead of bread, feed corn and peas to ducks and geese.
E1aDx TIL that there was an actual person nicknamed the'Drift King', who popularised drifting after he started doing so on non-drifting racing events. He has publicly stated that he started drifting to keep his audience excited and because he was bored of winning all the time and has won Le Mans twice.
QJGYe TIL Beauty and the Beast was written in 1740 as a critique of the forced marriages between 13-15 yr old girls to adult men common at the time. Later versions shifted the emphasis to teach young girls "good manners and how to deal with the idea of marrying young and being in an arranged marriage."
69P4W TIL: A genetic study, published in 2020, revealed Tutankhamun had the haplogroups YDNA R1b, which originated in western Asia and which today makes up 50–60% of the genetic pool of modern Europeans