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TIL Goats have rectangular pupils, the weird shape helps them stay aware of their surroundings.

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5BkB TIL that if the Andromeda galaxy were bright enough to be seen by the naked eye, it would appear six times larger than a full moon.
eA5J TIL that the age old grammatical ‘rule’ that sentences can not end in prepositions is actually a myth. It began with 17th century writers trying to make English more like Latin, which uses that as a strict rule.
yQr1M TIL Tickets for the Muhammad Ali & Joe Frazier fight in 1971 were so hard to get that the only way Frank Sinatra could get in was to ring up the editor of Life Magazine and ask for a press pass as a photographer. His photo of the fight ended up on the front cover of the magazine.
P1amO TIL that a ghost kitchen is a kitchen set up to cook food for delivery only, across several brands.
a8nV0 TIL when Charles Darwin was sent some flowers from a friend he noticed one flower was extremely long and bet some moth with really long mouth parts exists to pollinate it. A few years later that moth was discovered.