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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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8ew08 TIL some people etch their favorite cooking recipe onto their gravestones when they die. You can find these gravestones and recreate these tasty dishes.
jN1wv TIL “Game of Thrones” actor Kit Harington’s ancestor invented the first flushing toilet for Queen Elizabeth I, called the “John Harington.” It was later just referred to as “the john.”
Z8vWY TIL that the ozone layer is recovering and restoring wind circulation (and it is not due to lockdown)
xwQk TIL Author Roald Dahl’s last words would have been “It’s just that I will miss you all so much”, but after a morphine injection, his last words were “Ow, fuck.”
ne5xG TIL of the Biltmore Estate, a Châteauesque-style mansion built for George Washington Vanderbilt II and is the largest privately owned house in the United States.The grounds and buildings of Biltmore Estate have appeared in a number of movies such as the house of Richard "Richie" Rich, Jr.