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TIL Scallops have anywhere from 50-200 eyes.

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Oo5g1 TIL about Boatswain (1803-1808), Lord Byron's beloved Newfoundland dog. When he contracted rabies Byron personally nursed him despite the risk. After he died Byron wrote the poem "Epitaph to a Dog" in his honour. His wish to be buried with Boatswain was denied. The dog's tomb is larger than Byron's.
5Nj8 TIL that Volkswagen was fined by the EPA for using “defeat devices” to cheat emissions tests… in 1974, 41 years before the recent controversy over the same thing.
LQD10 TIL Argentina forced Mcdonald's in their country to sell the Big Mac at an artificially low price to improve their country's performance on the Big Mac index; effectively hiding their country's inflation
rWZ4 TIL that “Where the Wild Things Are” was originally “Where the Wild Horses are” before Maurice Sendak realized he didn’t know how to draw horses.
xv51 TIL Italian striker Mario Balotelli has never missed a penalty kick in his career.