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TIL that a Humane Society investigation found that many Marc Jacobs garments labeled as ‘Faux Fur’ were actually made from dogs.

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mKGv TIL There is an electric eel in a tennessee aquarium and the aquarium is hooked up to a computer that sends out a tweet from the electric eels twitter account whenever it discharges a high enough amount of electricity.
GxOj TIL the only way the BBC could record its live broadcasts in the 1950s was to point a film camera at a television. Because of this, the only known recording of the landmark sci-fi serial “The Quatermass Experiment” features an insect walking across the screen.
4XyJ TIL A dolphin-intelligence study resulted in a woman giving a male dolphin hand jobs.
5bnk TIL that the music used in the “You wouldn’t steal a car” anti-piracy advertisement was pirated
VBl5m TIL the Harvard Corporation was founded in 1650 to govern Harvard University, and is the oldest corporation in the Western Hemisphere