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TIL that the Oarfish is the likely source for most sea serpent tales. And although it’s a deep water species its not to uncommon to see one.

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Y71pv TIL that the color Purple was never used to represent a Kingdom or country before the 20th Century. It was because until the 1800s, purple dye was worth more than its weight in gold.
P1Q1L TIL that the day before Mark David Chapman killed John Lennon, he accosted James Taylor in the Subway
4Xr4X TIL That the sound from the massive 1883 eruption of Krakatoa circled the earth four times and was heard in over 50 different locations around the globe
nWBAY TIL that a cloud weighs around a million tonnes
JYGrl TIL during the French Revolution , Robespierre law of 22 Prairial, year II (June 10, 1794), streamlined revolutionary justice, denying the accused any effective right to self-defense and eliminating all sentences other than acquittal or death. Leading to almost 800 execution/month