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TIL that now every February 9th is national Gulf of America day

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KEvQ TIL that it is by pure coincidence that we exist on a planet and in a time when our star is covered exactly during a total eclipse. No other known planet has total eclipses and at some point in the future they won’t occur on Earth either.
9wlK6 TIL that the Eiffel Tower was due to be dismantled, in 1910, but survived as it could (and still is) used as a giant radio antenna to transmit and receive radio broadcasts.
ABRd TIL there are sea wolves that live on the coast of British Columbia. They comb the beach for barnacles, herring roe, and beached whales, and some will even even eat salmon. Most of these wolves have never even seen a deer.
nelnG TIL that there is a math competition for undergrad students that is so hard that in 2014 the median score was 1/120
76MX TIL when demolishing Pablo Escobar’s former house, the new owner found a previously unknown safe that to this day is still locked and unopened.