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TIL that Sea Stars started pulling their limbs off and dying in 2014 due to a virus infection

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mxlbv TIL that the collapse of the USSR can be traced back to Anna Walentynowics, who spoke out about her boss stealing a workers’ bonus fund, got fired, workers struck in support of her, that escalated into the Solidarity movement, which led to the fall of communism in Poland and eventually Europe.
D1wnV TIL doctors were able to restore a blind man's vision with a surgery involving bionic eyes. He had been blind for 40 years.
9Y4Or TIL the Pittsburgh Pirates got their moniker in the 1890s because they pilfered players from other teams.
6E7bQ TIL About the legend of “Bob”, a newfoundland terrier from the nineteenth century who was found shipwrecked off the coast of England. He became known in London for saving people from drowning; 23 rescues in 14 years. In thanks, he became an honorary member of the Royal Humane Society.
vlyx TIL it is possible to write computer code entirely using white space, in the style of a Shakespeare play, or as an image.