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TIL seagulls will pluck the eyes from baby seals to prevent them from seeking help making it easier to eat them.

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e09Yk TIL about the Ice block expedition of 1959. Norwegian Company GlassVatt, inspired by a challenge from Radio Luxembourg, transported a 3 ton ice block from the Arctic Circle, all the Way to the Equator in Gabon. Despite travelling across the Sahara, most of the Ice made it.
VB75G TIL: The oldest grocery store in the Americas is in Quebec City
OGGXY TIL that milk is sprayed on vineyards to prevent grapes from becoming mildewed.
le8G TIL they tried to save a B-29 Bomber from WWII that was abandoned in the arctic only to have it burn down during takeoff
l6d5 TIL “"No president has ever used the [Emergency Alert System] system or its technical predecessors in the last 50 years, despite the Soviet missile crisis, a presidential assassination, the Oklahoma City bombing, major earthquakes and three recent high-alert terrorist warnings…”