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TIL fish can recognize themselves in mirror reflections and photos

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eZM6 TIL L. Ron Hubbard, the founder of Scientology said, “You don’t get rich writing science fiction. If you want to get rich, you start a religion.”
LR8V TIL the CIA conducted a secret recovery of a Russian Nuclear Submarine from a depth of 16000 FT, with the help of Howard Hughes.
ZnAB TIL of the Croydon Facelift: Hair is pulled back and tied up so tightly that it pulls the face tighter. (Victoria Beckham wore the style on ‘American Idol’.) The hairstyle is also known as the 'council house facelift’ or 'Essex facelift’ in the UK, because of its association with “low class” women.
DMvY TIL The Slinky was originally an anti-vibration device for ship instruments until it fell of its inventor’s desk and he saw it had potential as a plaything
j6Z9j TIL that the work of composer Antonio Vivaldi was almost completely lost until the 20th century, when violinist Fritz Kreisler published one of his own pieces as a fake "Vivaldi". This prompted a major resurgence in academic interest in Vivaldi, and his "Four Seasons" is now especially famous.