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Today I learned that lizards eat their shed skin

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aw6mZ TIL There was a cannon designed to simultaneously shoot two cannonballs connected with a chain to "mow down the enemy somewhat as a scythe cuts wheat". During tests the Gilleland cannon effectively mowed down trees, tore up a cornfield, knocked down a chimney and killed an unfortunate cow.
Yp7Pv TIL The human eye primarily views the Northern Lights in faint colors and shades of gray and white. You can only really know what the true color of the aurora is by looking at it with a camera's LCD viewfinder screen or on a computer.
wbjJ TIL that Coca-Cola bottled in Cleveland, OH never switched to high-fructose corn syrup, they have always used natural sugar.
gM08X TIL that the Pointer Sisters provided the vocals for the long running Sesame Street "Pinball Number Count" animated segment.
LkGN9 TIL the eponymous whale of Moby Dick was partly inspired by a real whale named Mocha Dick.