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TIL that our eyes get puffy after crying because tissue around our eyes absorbs the overflow of tears - also learned that there are 3 types of tears.

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E1kZd TIL that the Killer Whale is a natural predator of the Moose
OoRwL TIL that for 33 years scientists have been studying a common ancestor populations of E. coli in lab constant conditions which now surpasses 60,000 generations. In 2003 the bacteria began to consume a previously ignored carbon source that had been present in their environment from the start.
rRAbx TIL After the 2003 film The Cat in the Hat was released and panned by critics, the widow of Dr.Seuss vowed to never allow his work to be adapted in live action again.
b6exp TIL The US Marshals recovered North Carolina’s copy of the U.S. Bill of Rights in 2003 via a sting operation after it was stolen from the State Capitol by a union soldier following the civil war.
pbRG TIL Texas banned last meal after inmate ordered two chicken-fried steaks, a triple-bacon cheeseburger, cheese omelette, three fajitas, pizza, barbecued meat with white bread, fried okra with ketchup, ice cream, peanut-butter fudge with crushed peanuts, three root beers and didn’t eat any of it.