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TIL Mantis Shrimp have the most complex visual system ever discovered.

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NXag8 TIL that Richard Attenborough's eldest daughter lost her life in the 2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake and Tsunami disaster
OoXK4 TIL that falcons are more closely related to parrots and songbirds than they are to hawks.
BbGx TIL that the lyrics of Bob Marley’s “No Woman, No Cry” are officially credited to his childhood friend Vincent “Tata” Ford, who ran a soup kitchen in the Jamaican ghetto where Marley grew up. Marley gave Ford credit for writing the song so that the royalty payments could keep the soup kitchen open.
k9rE TIL that in 1937, a gas leak in the basement at the local school in New London, Texas caused a massive explosion which killed almost 300 children and teachers, the deadliest school disaster in US history. Adolf Hitler even sent his condolences by telegram.
xV1d5 TIL that in 1971 the Ford Pinto had a defect where in rear-end collisions, the fuel filler neck could separate and puncture the fuel tank, spraying fuel into the passenger compartment and igniting. Ford knew about this and stayed silent because it cost less to let people die then to recall the car.