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TIL Owl wings among other birds wings light up under UV light and the glow/brightness can be used to determine which feathers are newer versus older

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VBm6D TIL the deepest known blue hole (underwater sinkhole) in the world is called the Taam Ja' Blue Hole and is in Mexico's Chetumal Bay. It's been measured to 1,378 feet (420 meters) deep, although scientists still haven't found the bottom.
oM0K TIL that a prison restaurant staffed by inmates was recently voted the best restaurant in Cardiff, Wales on Tripadvisor.
E1XO0 TIL the Titanic did not have insufficient lifeboats because it was "unsinkable". Regulations at the time only required a small amount because they thought there would be enough time to ferry passengers back and forth to waiting rescue ships.
eK14 TIL judges will almost never instruct the jury that they are free to disregard the law; but if the jury disregards the law on its own initiative, then the verdict stands.
oQNW TIL that circular plastic thing that goes in the middle of a pie to prevent the pizza from sticking to the top of the pizza box is called a pizza saver. And it was invented 30 years ago on February 10, 1983 when Carmela Vitale got her patent issued for that piece of plastic.