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TIL if an octopus gets stressed out, it might self-cannibalize and eat it’s own limbs.

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XNVD TIL one of the methods used to test antidepressants is to put mice into water tanks and watch how hard they try to escape
a8WwM TIL that in the original Polynesian myth, Māui dies after transforming into a worm and entering the vagina of the goddess Hine-nui-te-pō, who crushes him with the obsidian teeth in her vagina.
5YYYB TIL 100Mb/s was reliably sent over barbed wire to demonstrate Ethernet robustness in a Broadcom showcase
Wk4jA TIL The National African American Archives and Museum is in Mobile, Alabama. Exhibits include the History of Colored Carnival, which describes the African-American contributions to Carnival and Mardi Gras celebrations in Mobile and New Orleans
LkMQp TIL that as a result of being raised in a very religious household, Axl Rose (singer for Guns N' Roses) was not only a choir boy in his youth, but also a Sunday School teacher.