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TIL At birth, Halibut have an eye on each side of the head, and swim like a salmon. After six months, one eye migrates to the other side, making them look more like flounder. At the same time, the stationary-eyed side darkens to match the top side, while the other side remains white.

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aXx0 TIL that in World War II, rationing laws prohibited the sale of freshly-baked bread because “the tastiness of just-baked bread is likely to encourage people to eat it immoderately”. Bread had to be at least 24 hours old before it was sold.
QNMap TIL Slovenia has more major governmental subdivisions (201) than there are nations in the U.N. (195), and that Serbia, Uganda, Latvia and Philippines also have over 100 subdivisions
0Yx1 TIL mules (donkey/horse hybrids) are sterile. 2 instances of mules foaling have been confirmed by DNA testing which showed the mule passed on ONLY her horse genes. This means she’ll foal a mule if a donkey breeds her or a horse if a stallion breeds her, and should be genetically impossible.
RPd6 TIL that during one particular Rolling Stones concert, four people were killed but the overall population of the concert did not change since four babies were born during the concert as well.
R81j TIL Metallica’s Cliff Burton and Kirk Hammett drew cards to decide who would get to choose a bunk on their tour bus in 1986. Burton drew the Ace of Spades, chose the bunk Hammett had been occupying, and was thrown out of the window when the bus crashed. He died at the scene.