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TIL that Octopus eyes do not have a blind spot and evolved separately from vertebrate eyes - an example of convergent evolution.

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VA6p TIL Attorneys from Coors brewery were appointed by Reagan to the EPA after campaign donations by Joseph Coors. The EPA then lifted restrictions on the dumping of toxic waste in Colorado, home of the Coors brewery.
1aerX TIL In January 2020, approximately 518 US UFO sightings were reported to the National UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC) and 468 to the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON). Florida had the most, with 51
16kVO TIL that “vampire” drones dock on power lines and recharge by “feeding” on the grid. They never need to land.
G8kN TIL that Nelson Rockefeller, once Vice President of the United States, died at age 70 of a heart attack rumoured to be caused during sex with his 25 year old assistant. The New York Magazine quipped: “Nelson thought he was coming, but he was going”.
gM0v7 TIL that “Tonto” the name of the Lone Ranger’s Indian sidekick, means “fool” in Spanish.