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TIL Electric eels NEED to breathe air

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8adPK TIL there are at least 17 satellites like the Hubble Space Telescope. They are spy satellites pointed at Earth and Hubble is basically built from spare parts.
woOOY TIL The spice saffron is approximately worth its weight in gold
awPmA TIL that according researchers at London School of Economics, unmarried and childless women lead “happier” lives, are likely to outlive their married child-rearing counterparts and are healthier than them.
l7LB1 TIL the current Spanish-language World Champion for Scrabble has previously also won the French-language and English-language championships. A New Zealander, he only speaks English.
yR5V TIL that the pharmaceutical company, Gilead, developed a drug that can cure Hepatitis C which led to plummeting stock prices as fewer patients required the drug due to the fact that it worked so well.