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TIL brown eyes are actually blue under a layer of melanin

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X069k TIL the allowable FDA limits of maggots, larvae, insect parts, rodent hairs, excrement, and other “filth” in food items
JBOQ TIL the blue whale, weighing in at 170 tons, is way bigger than any dinosaur ever was and probably the largest known animal to have ever existed.
8aP1L TIL that the Sperm Whale is the loudest animal on the planet and are so loud that they can vibrate you to death
E1xpP TIL "burking" is the death by asphyxiation caused by someone sitting on your chest and holding his hand over your mouth and nose. It is named after the Scottish serial killer William Burke, who used this method in order to leave few marks on the victims which he then sold to Anatomical Institutes.
gxgX TIL Almost all chickens eaten today come from the winner of the 1948 ‘Chicken of Tomorrow’ Contest whose genetics now dominate poultry farms worldwide.