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TIL employment in Antartica requires you get rid of your wisdom teeth and your appendix before joining

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VnO8 TIL that the man who invented Kwanzaa served 4 years in prison for torturing 2 black women
PWPO TIL that farmed salmon actually has white flesh because they don’t get to eat much krill and shellfish. Salmon farmers add the organic pigment that causes the orange flesh in wild salmon, astaxanthin, to the salmon’s feed because consumers are reluctant to purchase white-fleshed salmon.
Ol9g TIL that the ancient Spartan warriors were encouraged to have homosexual relationships with one another, the theory is that (in battle) they would fight harder to protect someone they loved.
OoX7R TIL that the Kool-Aid man is an official Marvel character
a5M9 TIL that a school in Poland is named after an Indian Maharaja, in honour of him providing shelter and free education to hundreds of Polish women and children after they had to escape Poland due to the World War 2.