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TIL walruses are capable of eating birds and seals by using their powerful sucking mouthparts to strip the meat off their prey

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gMBEy TIL that the Apollo 11 astronauts signed applications to Travelers Insurance Company for space travel accident insurance for their mission to the moon. The policies would insure against accidents but also against "disease endemic to the lunar surface or its environs".
KYZ79 TIL lighting a candle produces soot and can increase a room's particulate matter concentration 5-fold and when inhaled by individuals, can cause cardiopulmonary problems
N7arb TIL of a Waterfall in Canada which flows upwards. Twice a day, the tide overtops the waterfall and so the river flows backwards.
eZVn TIL that a professor from Switzerland wrote a book about how intelligence agencies have a “strategy of tension” by faking terrorist attacks to keep populations in fear and under control.
EJ6W TIL “Maple syrups” Mrs. Butterworth’s, Aunt Jemima and Log Cabin do NOT countain ANY Maple products. Flavour comes from corn syrup and caramel.