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TIL The dwarf seahorse is the slowest swimming animal in the ocean moving only 5ft per hour, while some sea anemones will move around in a spot around 4cm per hour, others like sponges and corals barely move at all.

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M7MlV TIL that the worst rail disaster in the UK was at Quintinshill in 1915, where a southbound train collided with a stationary northbound train that was "parked" on the southbound line to allow two late northbound trains to overtake it, one of which struck the wreckage of the troop train
P4Eg TIL that in 1269, the election of the Pope took so long (3 years) that the city where the conclave was held, Viterbo, refused to send in anything except bread and water. When even this failed to elect a Pope, villagers removed the roof of the palace hosting the cardinals to speed up the election.
NXepE TIL that Alistair Cooke, the host of PBS Masterpiece Theatre from 1971 to 1992, had his bones stolen and sold on the black market for use in bone grafts. The cancer from which he died had spread to his bones, making them unsuitable for grafts.
ADmNx TIL the fultograph was able to broadcast pictures to homes via radio in the 1920s. Using the output from the loud speaker socket it darkened an area of sensitized paper on a rotating drum.
69OQ TIL that for Saving Private Ryan, Steven Spielberg requested that no one gain admittance to the movie once it had begun.