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TIL there is a group of wolves in British Columbia aptly called the “sea wolves” that gets most of its food from the sea, and will even swim up to 8 miles to reach islands for food.

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7rabO TIL that some rainbows have only one color and it is called a "Monochrome rainbow".
44J5 TIL the fastest matter ever detected was the Oh-My-God particle, detected over Utah in 1991. It was going so fast that it had as much energy as a baseball travelling 60 MPH and is 50 times more energy than produced in the LHC
XEeyQ TIL Coke was sued for the "unwarranted health claims" on their product Vitamin water. Coke's defense was "no consumer could reasonably be misled into thinking vitamin water was a healthy beverage."
QrLp TIL Richard Branson’s mom once got caught in a fire at her son’s Caribbean island home. Kate Winslet who was also at the house at the time picked her up and helped her down four steps. At the time of the incident they were watching Titanic on DVD.
vPdvj TIL in the 1880s, the director of Harvard Observatory was dissatisfied with his team and remarked, "My Scottish maid could do better!" He hired Williamina Fleming, his Scottish maid. For decades, Fleming led a team that made significant discoveries, including white dwarfs and the Horsehead Nebula.