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TIL that there is an electric eel named Miguel Wattson in Tennessee Aquarium that sends pre-written tweets (@EelectricMiguel) whenever it emits electricity at a certain threshold.

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W7JEX TIL Persia was renamed Iran after the word “Aryan” which means noble. It’s the same word used by the nazis.
l7G9A TIL Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco—African countries—are geographically closer to mainland Europe than Malta, an official European country.
PYOZn TIL that there are 11 active nuclear powered aircraft carriers in the world. One of them is French and the other ten are American
y6eM TIL that 70% of Mongolian nomads have solar power since 2013. The sun shines 250 days on average each year in Mongolia. It shines, even during the frigid winter days, on the hundreds of thousands of nomads who still roam the steppes, herding animals and living in dome-like tents calling gers.
wy1o TIL that millionaire Jimi Heselden bought the Segway company in 2010 then died the same year from falling off an 80 foot cliff on a Segway