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TIL there are more moose living in the Canadian territory of Yukon than there are people

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6xnZ TIL Serial killing is largely an American phenomenon, with nearly 70% of all serial killers on record being American.
neaGB TIL: In 1982, 3 men in Allentown, PA sat on a billboard for 261 days to win a house. It was to promote the station, WSAN-AM’s format change from country music to nostalgic hits. Instead of promoting the station, the contest became a story that symbolized the economic struggles of the early 1980s.
W7Ned TIL Former British Foreign Secretary Robin Cook wrote that the word Al-Qaeda should be translated as "the database", because it originally referred to the computer file of the thousands of mujahideen militants who were recruited and trained with CIA help to defeat the Russians
kMN1 TIL in 1985 a Soviet icebreaker rescued a large pod of beluga whales trapped by pack ice, leading them to safety by playing music to lure them out through the cleared channels.
An4n TIL that blue whales can weigh as much as 300,000 lbs; with their tongue weighing as much as an elephant and their hearts weighing as much as a car.