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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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4kPow TIL Hawaii has gained over 1,000 acres of land due to the continuous eruption of the Kilauea volcano
DQNjg TIL of the interstitium, a new organ Western scientists discovered in 2018. The honeycombed network throughout the body, known to Chinese medicine for 2500 years, may help explain how acupuncture works and cancer spreads.
eJe6 TIL that Nixon didn’t want pigeon poop along the path to his inauguration, so he had $13,000 of a chemical bird repellent sprayed on trees around the area. It turned out the spray was toxic, and instead of pigeon poop, Nixon had dead pigeons lining the path to his inauguration.
9j0r TIL that Peter Ostrum, who played Charlie in 1971’s Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory, never acted in another movie again, and later on became a veterinarian
l7vA5 TIL that Magnus Carlsen intentionally plays non-book "inaccuracies" during opening (moves he knows aren't the best), in order to force the game into a non-book position, so his opponents will have to think for themselves instead of going by memorized opening theory.