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TIL that scientists discovered an eel had lived inside a shark’s heart in “a facultatively parasitic relationship” in 1997.

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ne977 TIL The supreme court concluded that US citizens have the right to refuse presidential pardons. George Wilson fought a presidential pardon and won a hanging.
69QPw TIL that 3 of the 5 most recent U.S. presidents were all born within months of each other, 4/5 in the same decade
awwEN TIL in 1954, the Peanuts character "Pig-Pen" made his debut in a strip directly parodying Piggy from Lord of the Flies. He declares, "I haven't got a name ... people just call me things ... real insulting things".
EgOb0 TIL the first internet spammers were lawyers selling immigration services. At the time, they faced severe backlash from ISP’s and users.
GP4E TIL Icelandic has changed so little in the last 1,000 years that present-day Icelanders can read 12th Century texts without any difficulty.