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TIL that Finding Nemo, a movie about the suffering of a captured clownfish, ironically caused home aquarium demand for them to triple.

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GYMo7 TIL that ancient Egyptians believed in afterlife as the dead's heart was weighted against the feather of Maat, If the dead's heart balanced with the feather of Maat, they would be admitted to heavenly paradise, if their heart was heavier than the feather their souls would be permanently destroyed.
mxZRO TIL Rats in a cage with drugs don't use drugs if they're given enough to do.
KYkRw TIL in 2001, soccer player Francisco Gallardo was accused of improper sporting behavior and decorum and was fined and suspended by the Royal Spanish Football Federation for biting his teammate's penis during a goal celebration.
16gnd TIL that there is only one case of suicide via radiation poisoning in the US.
oBpvr TIL that Meghan Markle and Prince Harry met on a blind date arranged by a mutual, female friend