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TIL that box jellyfish have human like eyes but no brain.

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R7Am6 TIL that due to their high fat and low water content, pistachios can self-heat and spontaneously combust if stored inproperly
yVopM TIL about pig toilets. "A pig toilet (sometimes called a "pig sty latrine") is a simple type of dry toilet consisting of an outhouse mounted over a pigsty, with a chute or hole connecting the two. The pigs consume the feces of the users of the toilet, as well as other food."
wxEY TIL Thomas Jefferson is accredited as the creator of the swivel chair, the first of which he created and used to write much of the Declaration of Independence.
WkGK9 TIL Billy Joel attempted suicide by drinking furniture polish and ended up in a coma at Meadowbrook Hospital
5V8Kn TIL that Velociraptors were not just feathered, but that quill knobs have been found on their bones, an anatomical feature found today in all flying birds but absent in most flightless birds.