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TIL: The consensus is that octopuses are most likely sentient.

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8GxZ TIL That artificial photosynthesis may one day be incorporated into all building materials.
jNwBp TIL Danny DeVito used to be a beautician. He went to New York to learn makeup but the lady he sought after to teach him only accepted students from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. So he enrolled for a semester and that's how he got into acting.
5r9P TIL: Tapping the top of your motorcycle helmet is the same as flashing your lights at somebody to warn them about cops or speed traps. pass it on
0GQy TIL that on Nov. 28, 2013, comet ISON will fly through the sun’s atmosphere little more than a million km from the stellar surface. If the comet survives without breaking up it could emerge glowing as brightly as the Moon, visible near the sun in broad daylight.
jN5YN TIL the crew on a WW2 Japanese cruiser annoyed the ship's officers by teaching a pet monkey to salute them