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TIL about an octopus named Otto who caused a power outage by shooting water at the 2000 watt spotlight over his tank which was seemingly annoying him. Otto is an interesting octopus who has also been caught juggling hermit crabs, throwing rocks at the glass and re-arranging the contents of his tank

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loD7G TIL A 3″ telescope has a maximum theoretical magnification of 150x. A 6″ telescope can magnify up to 300x, and an 8″ telescope up to 400x. But the Earth’s atmosphere is a limiting factor
x6b0B TIL about tiny freshwater crustaceans found in the desert such as 'fairy shrimp' whose eggs lay dormant for up to 7 years until conditions are right, surviving extreme heat, cold and drought. They live in temporary bodies of water known as ephemeral pools such as rain puddles and seasonal wetlands.
08ML TIL of a rare chronic sleep disorder called Fatal Familial Insomnia, which renders the victim unable to sleep. One man diagnosed with the illness, Michael Corke, died a month after his 42nd birthday, by which time he had been completely sleep-deprived for six months. It has no known cure.
m14pM TIL after centuries of use in America there was an international effort to ban sign language. Educators from Europe wanted to force the deaf to try to focus on oral communication instead. Linguists rejected American Sign Language as a language until William Stokoe proved it had grammar in the 1960s.
WkrAo TIL that the world record for spitting a cherry pit is 28.5 m or 93.5 feet.