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TIL that Lisbeth Salander (Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) is based off of what the Stieg Larsson thought Pippi Longstocking might be like as an adult

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R7ZO9 TIL that there is a character named Jaglom Shrek in Star Trek: TNG Season 6 episode 19, and the episode was made after the childrens book that the ogre Shrek comes from. http://projects.latimes.com/hollywood/star-walk/shrek/ (i can't put both links in)
ABRd TIL there are sea wolves that live on the coast of British Columbia. They comb the beach for barnacles, herring roe, and beached whales, and some will even even eat salmon. Most of these wolves have never even seen a deer.
v1Jg7 TIL of a couple who received a $31.5mil settlement after unreported hail damage repair on their car resulted in a collision safety failure, trapping them in an inferno that ended in 4th degree burns. The body shop responsible glued the roof back on instead of welding to OEM specifications.
b94Rj TIL about Project Iceworm, a proposed 52,000 square mile large nuclear missile complex. By the time of its evacuation, it’s total length was 1.9 miles, and contained a hospital, a shop, a theater and a church.
b9kpa TIL that the United States has been in a conflict in 93% of it's existence.