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TIL Squidward is canonically an octopus and not a squid

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X0JQR TIL that there was a religious group called the Church of Euthanasia, the only religion in the world that is against human existence. It teaches that humans can only save the planet by killing themselves or not having any children. However, it draws the line at outright murder and genocide.
LkXeQ TIL that there are species of mushrooms that feed off of gamma radiation, and some are blooming in Chernobyl, “eating” the radiation.
W7EWA TIL Chipotle only uses legs and thighs from the chicken, while the breasts are sold to Panera Bread
XELX8 TIL Henk Rogers just went to Moscow and tried to buy the rights for Tetris from the Soviet Union. When Rogers arrived at Electronorgtechnica his translator refused to go inside as going to a government agent without proper paperwork was unthinkable. Rogers went in anyways and got rights to Tetris.
wo7D1 TIL the Kola Superdeep Borehole SG-3 is the deepest human-made hole on Earth, which attained maximum true vertical depth of 12,262 metres (40,230 ft; 7.619 mi) in 1989.