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TIL about lateral line, a system of sensory organs found in fish, used to detect movement and pressure in the surrounding water. It plays an important role in group behavior, predation and orientation.

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7rBnX TIL of Kiritimati (Christmas) Island in the Central Pacific Ocean- population: 6500. Its villages are named London, Paris, Poland, and Banana.
rRnk1 Today I learned that lizards eat their shed skin
b9bj0 TIL that only 2 songs sung by villains have been nominated by the Academy for best song: “Mean Green Mother from Outer Space” from Little Shop of Horrors and “Blame Canada” from the South Park movie. “Mean Green” was also the first with profanity to be nominated.
Br8lr TIL that in the painting “American Gothic” it’s a father and daughter, not husband and wife pictured.
ZgjG TIL Sleep deprivation has the same effects on your brain as alcohol.