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TIL that sharks respond to affection similar to dogs, and enjoy pets!

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78nDO TIL Jalepenos are less spicy because of the popularity of a special breed of jalepeno that is low spice, but reliably big and shiny
bMVQ TIL a 35 year-old gold miner, using only hand tools and dynamite, moved 5,800 tons of granite, building a half-mile tunnel to move his ore. He finished the project at age 67.
wolWY TIL Descartes was about to publish "The World" in 1633 but then he learned that Galileo had been condemned for publishing the view that the Earth revolves around the Sun. Descartes suppressed his book but still hoped that his physics would one day be taught in Catholic schools
XErWk TIL about "The Demon Core", a mass of plutonium that was responsible for the death of two scientists on two separate occasions.
oBlPY TIL On the Kon Tiki expedition across the Pacific, the 6 men would eat off of whatever came on board. There was a crab in a hole near the steering block that showed no fear, so they let it stay and named it Johannes. Johannes the crab kept the watchman company for the rest of the journey.