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TIL that people who are depressed spend more time in REM sleep

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08ky TIL that that the electric chair in Tennessee is constructed from the state gallows that it replaced in 1916.
v1KLK TIL an octopus named Otto caused an aquarium power outage by climbing to the edge of his tank and shooting a jet of water at a bright light that was annoying him. He's also been seen juggling hermit crabs, throwing rocks at the glass and re-arranging his tank surroundings.
p8KOZ TIL Manatees are no longer endangered, but all the legal protections that have been in place for decades still apply because Floridians love seeing manatees and want more.
X7Lr TIL that women born in South Africa are more likely to be raped than to learn how to read.
6EOKJ TIL that Ireland, Iceland, Greenland, Antarctica and New Zealand are the only countries in the world with no native or wild snake populations.