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TIL I learned that the eggs of sea urchin produce hydrogen peroxide after fertilization.

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pPwe TIL: An inmate who murders a guard can get no more than five years in solitary confinement, but being found to be associated with a gang—even if you haven’t done anything illegal—can land you in isolation for decades.
5YwDn TIL Industry, California is a city in California with only 219 residents, but over 3,000 businesses and 67,000 workers.
pQN TIL that there was once a 2.5 m (8 feet) tall, flightless, carnivorous bird in Australia that has been given the nickname “the demon duck of doom”.
9YEAm TIL at the dawn of the dinosaurs 250 million years ago, the day was on 23 hours long.
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