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TIL 70% of Tasmanian devils have died since 1996 due to a contagious facial cancer with a 100% fatality rate

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W7Q6o TIL that Piqua, Ohio, the setting of the Captain Underpants books, is a real town, and was chosen by the author for its now-discontinued annual Underwear Festival.
Vbam TIL that Apple used to add the letter “x” to the names of their computers which got a processor upgrade. The convention was broken with Macintosh SE/30, which, if the rule was effective, would be called “Macintosh SEx.”
xVN01 TIL of silverfish in the desert that drink water as they can absorb moisture from the air through their anus.
pYmOA TIL There is no antivenin for Blue Ring Octopus venom. The tiny, often painless, bite causes total body paralysis and victims remain fully conscious as they suffocate - unable to call or signal for help. For this reason, Australian children are taught never to touch anything in a rock pool.
p8nJN TIL A church choir had a practice session starting at 7:25pm one evening in 1950, and by 7:27pm the building exploded. No one was killed as they were all running late.