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TIL “Square Waves” occur on the ocean when perpendicular wind currents meet, and are extremely dangerous and capable of sinking ships

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BNYW TIL the Dutch Royal Family sent Canada a gift of 100,000 tulip bulbs after sheltering a princess during the Nazi occupation.
x6AQB TIL The oldest flamingo lived to be 83. It arrived at Adelaide Zoo in Australia in 1933 and died in 2014.
167WP TIL about Jeff the Sea Lion who went over Niagara Falls in 1963. Jeff, who escaped from nearby Marineland of Canada, was eventually captured a few days later “sunning” on a rock with a teenager, Tommy Haines. Tommy was rewarded $50 for the successful capture.
x6vmk TIL the city of Los Angeles once funded an excavation in search of a lost city of “lizard people”
aXNJ TIL That to date, 52 out of the 77 restaurants featured on Gordon Ramsay’s ‘Kitchen Nightmares’ have closed, many before the episodes they were on even aired. One owner even committed suicide due to his failing business.