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TIL that scorpions glow under a black light.

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b9A4E TIL at least 165 people survived both the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings in Japan during WWII.
5YKA8 TIL The teen who sold a kidney for an iPhone is now attached to a dialysis machine. He suffered organ failure, and is likely to be bedridden for life after suffering renal deficiency. He could get a transplant for $336,000 AUD on the black market - more than 80 times what he received for his kidney.
nWBoo TIL that Lea Thompson who played Marty McFly's mother in Back to the Future, was only 10 days older than Michael J. Fox.
L8Nr TIL that watermelon became a stereotype for black people because free black slaves grew and ate it, and it became a symbol of their freedom.
9YZmX TIL about the Georgia Guidestones, a set of huge granite slabs in Elbert County, Georgia commissioned by anonymous benefactors. The 5 slabs contain messages in 12 languages, and are intended to help rebuild human civilization after a global catastrophe.