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TIL that axolotls are basically real life pokemon that can morph into salamanders when exposed to excessive levels of iodine

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0g9y TIL Thelma Schoonmaker, Martin Scorsese’s editor for the last 44 years, doesn’t read the script before she edits one of Martin Scorsese’s movies. This is done so she will have “a cold and objective point of view.” She has edited every one of Scorsese’s movies since “Raging Bull.” (item #23)
v14R TIL a former top narcotics officer made DVDs on how to hide your stash of pot
vPVy8 TIL that Coconut Palms are not native to the Caribbean, they were introduced by European explorers to the region
eEBk TIL that New Mexico State’s first graduating class in 1893 had only one student—and he was shot and killed before graduation
jNkYj TIL that a man survived the initial Vesuvius explosion in Pompeii, but was crushed by a flying boulder while fleeing.