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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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n8n9 TIL that Winamp took their slogan “It really whips the llama’s ass!” from a song by an infamous, schizophrenic outsider-musician and visual artist named Wesley Willis.
ANNjB TIL: The Jacob Diamond, estimated to be worth £100 million (2008), was used as a paperweight for a long time until the diamond's true value was realized
0WdL TIL Hall and Oates met on a service elevator while running away from a gang gun fight.
ZrDB TIL two con men sold a fake painting for €1.5 million, only to find out that all the money was counterfeit
8aeVb TIL in the 1980s the Russian medical staff of the Algerian football team gave the players performance-enhancing drugs while playing for their country, without their knowledge or consent. Years later, the children of many players suffer from disabilities and mental health problems.