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TIL that octopuses have three hearts and blue blood

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OoPGR TIL that to punish tree thieves who cut down trees illegally, some cities spray trees with fox urine around Christmas time. It freezes on them and is odorless outdoors, but would stink up your whole house if brought indoors; the smell is "eye-watering."
xV510 TIL 6’4” Michael Phelps legs are the same length as 5’9” marathoner Hicham El Guerrouj. It is Phelps short legs and long torso that help make him such a great swimmer.
woM1M TIL that France did not adopt the Greenwich meridian as the beginning of the universal day until 1911. Even then it still refused to use the name "Greenwich", instead using the term "Paris mean time, retarded by 9 minutes and 21 seconds".
Z8a5D TIL about Ching Shih, a Chinese prostitute who married a pirate & took over his fleet when he died. She was so successful, the Chinese sent an armada to stop her. She captured 63 of their ships. After 2 yrs of fighting they offered her amnesty. She kept all her $, ran brothels & casinos & died at 69