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TIL orca cultural traditions are so powerful that one population is in decline because it is reluctant to eat other foods and mate with other cultures.

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eGj6 TIL the Dutch King had secretly been piloting commercial KLM airplanes as a “relaxing hobby” for 21 years as of May, 2017
j6jxE TIL that Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers, known simply as Cane's, was founded in 1996, and named after the owner's Yellow Labrador Retriever. Other yellow labs have served as the company mascot, though the dog is not seen on signs for the restaurant in Kuwait, where dogs are not popular.
78PYb TIL of Becky Schroeder, who was issued her first patent when she was 12 years old. Granted in 1975, her patent was for the glow in the dark backing sheet. The "Glow Sheet" would be used by NASA astronauts, nurses and sailors to write in the dark
gM0Xb TIL about Patient TN, who suffered two strokes permanently damaging his brain’s visual lobes. Despite being consciously blind, TN was able to navigate through a cluttered obstacle course perfectly, as his subconscious vision, aka “blindsight”, was still intact.
e0wRJ TIL roughly 10,000 shipping containers are lost at sea every year. Most end up on the ocean floor, while a few end up washing ashore.