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TIL that in 1987, orcas (killer whales) from three different pods in Puget Sound, adopted a trend of wearing salmon as hats.

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Br77e TIL One of the oldest children’s lullabies was found on an ancient Babylonian tablet, believed to be from around 2,000BC. Rather than being soothing, it instead has a menacing tone. In it, a baby being is threatened with punishment for disturbing the family god with its crying.
VBOJk TIL the USS Lexington (CV-2) powered the City of Tacoma for a month
6b8m TIL George Lucas originally intended to be a race-car driver, but in 1962, his car flipped, nearly killing him, and causing him to lose interest in racing.
mx1Np TIL One of the most famous cartographic errors in history showed the Island of California separated from mainland N. America by the Gulf of California
KOE5J TIL in 2016, "a boy was killed and 20 others infected by anthrax released when retreating permafrost exposed the frozen carcass of a reindeer killed by the bacteria at least 75 years earlier; 2,000 present-day reindeer were infected, too, carrying and spreading the disease further."