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TIL there is a theory that question mark orignated from the shape of cat's tail when it is inquisitve.

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JlnV TIL “UVB-76” is a mysterious Russian radio signal (on 4625 kHz). For almost 40 years a repeating buzzing sound has been broadcasted, though every very few years it stops, and a Russian voice reads numbers and Russian names. In 2013, for the first time, UVB-76 issued an order: “Command 135 initiated”
MZe0 TIL that heavy fertilizer runoff in the Caribbean has led to a massive seaweed bloom that is piling up on beaches, in some areas, as much as 10 feet high.
VBKa8 TIL that there is a legend that the rising sun shines through the two-mile long Victorian railway tunnel in England on the designer's birthday, April 9th.
DQO6r TIL in 2006, the football team now known as the Washington Commanders repurposed old bags of peanuts originally supplied to a defunct airline and sold them to attendees of their games. These bags of peanuts were at least 9 months old (they had a recommended shelf life of 3 months).
x6nAD TIL in 2015 mixed martial artist Yang Jian Bing died due to dehydration when weight-cutting for a fight put on by ONE Championship. Later that month, ONE Championship banned weight-cutting by dehydration and now holds fights based on a competitor's "walking weight", rather than pre-fight weigh-ins.