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TIL Once a year, fish swim to Mexico for an orgy so loud it can deafen dolphins and sea lions

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xJ9b TIL that a Japanese innkeeper accused a student of stealing the fumes of his cooking. The judge resolved the matter ruling that the price of the smell of food is the sound of money.
KYdyB TIL that on June 29, 1841 William and John Driscoll were executed by a firing squad comprised of 111 "Regulators". The two men were part of a group of loose-knit outlaw gangs known as the Banditti of the Prairie which terrorize Northern Illinois during the early to mid-19th century.
ANw0n TIL Senator Mark Kelly (former astronaut) has an identical twin who confusingly also was an astronaut
QNZ6d Today I learned that disney said a man can't sue them over his wife's death because he agreed to Disney+ terms of service.
awx6A TIL about the Percentages Agreement; an agreement through which Churchill, towards the end of the WWII, basically sold Bulgaria, Romania and Hungary to Stalin, in exchange for Greece.