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TIL the Canadian rock band Rush stands third after the Beatles and Rolling Stones for the most consecutive gold or platinum studio albums by a rock band.

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E1QB7 TIL there is a fungus which looks like a sponge and its actual scientific name is Spongiforma squarepantsii.
8BMG TIL some cooperative bottlenose dolphins off the coast of Brazil help fishermen - having signaled with head and tail slaps to the fishermen where to drop nets, they corral the fish toward into them and eat the fish missed by the net.
Y7vpZ TIL in 2013 the president of Finland Sauli Niinistö voluntarily took a 20 percent pay cut due to the country's difficult financial situation
Lj4P TIL that Triple Crown winner American Pharoah travels on a custom Boeing 727 known as “Air Horse One” where the seats have been replaced with stable stalls and hay
JYJVm TIL the bacteria which caused the black death, first infected Oriental Fleas by blocking their foregut, keeping them hungry and biting, to facilitate it's rapid transmission to human hosts.