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

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d4jd TIL There is a 72-year-old Chinese grandfather who models teen girl clothing for an online retailer. And has the body for it.
MVBB TIL that the etymology of ‘internet trolls’ is from fishing (e.g. trolling for fish), rather than describing ugly large humanoids with poor intellect.
e9bb TIL that Homer referred to the sea as “wine-dark” six times in his works and nobody’s really sure why (whether wine was blue, the sea was red, or Greeks were colorblind)
4X5Qg TIL of Lympstone Commando railway station. This is a railway station situated on the Avocet Line, from Exeter to Exmouth in Devon, England. A train travelling on this line will only stop here if you ask the train driver, providing you are a visitor to the Royal Marine Commando Training Centre.
GYZ94 TIL Rats laugh when they're tickled too, but they giggle at 50kHz, which is out of our audio range.