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TIL aquarium employees told the rap group Salt-N-Pepa that when they put their hit song "Push It" on, the sharks would start mating

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XEoeD TIL as a response to a theory alleging Joan of Arc's visions was caused by bovine tuberculosis, a historian wrote that if drinking unpasteurized milk could produce such potential benefits for the nation, then the French government should stop mandating the pasteurization of milk.
e0akE TIL, in 2011 Apple had more cash than the United States Treasury Department.
yw5J TIL Ophiocordyceps unilateralis has been known to destroy entire ant colonies. In response, ants have evolved the ability to sense that a member of the colony is infected; healthy ants will carry the dying one far away from the colony in order to avoid fungal spore exposure.
worA1 TIL that English actor Charles Dance, who was born in 1946, had an older-half sister named Nora that was born in the 19th-century. This was because Charles’ father, Walter, was born in the 1870s.
BrbpL TIL The identity of the Creator of the popular Manga/Anime, Death Note, is closely guarded secret. Tsugumi Ohba is the creator's Pen Name.