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TIL that, Some species of pearlfish have chosen an interesting shelter: inside the anus of a sea cucumber.

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j681p TIL Chinese Emperor Qin Er Shi was considered “Son of Heaven”, and that his own voice must never be heard, and his face must never be shown, meaning that ministers rarely had the opportunity to address the emperor. Qin Er Shi was forced to commit suicide at the age of 22
QNga9 TIL: The hand is a non-SI unit of measurement of length standardized to 4 in (101.6 mm), used to measure the height of horses in many English-speaking countries, including the USA.
YDld TIL Hong Kong is lead by a CEO rather than a state official. It is literally run as a business, with China recognising it more as an economic entity than a city.
LkMrQ TIL that the Myers-Brigg Personality Test is characterized as pseudoscience, due to its "consistent problems with repeatability, in addition to problems of whether or not it has exhaustive and mutually exclusive classifications", landing it on the same list as Modern flat Earth beliefs and astrology
LkpEv TIL that despite decades of deforestation, the Earth is getting greener