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TIL A deep sea octopus brooded her eggs for 4.5 years

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R74Wj TIL Paradoxical Undressing is a phenomenon which is frequent in cases of lethal hypothermia. Before dying, the person undresses as if they were burning up, when in fact they are freezing. People who have died frozen are often found naked and are mistakenly identified as victims of a violent crime
wLnp1 TIL in 1714, a Norwegian captain and an English captain had a 14-hour long ship fight. Afterwards, both ships were badly damaged and the Norwegian captain was running out of ammo. He sent an envoy to the English ship, asking if he could borrow some of their ammo. They said no.
eRbL TIL houses in Amsterdam have hooks built into the top front to help people move things in and out of upper story windows
vMxj TIL Pornography users found to be more supportive of women and hold less sexist views than nonusers in representative US sample.
69L4w TIL that Gaddafi sponsored financially struggling German ice hockey team, to promote his Green Book on their jersey. It was dropped soon after because of backlash.