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TIL that Mariska Hargitay, Bryan Cranston and Carrie Ann Moss were all on Baywatch

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E1Zwo TIL that a German landlord once evicted a tenant without notice for spreading Surströmming (Swedish fermented herring) brine in the building's stairwell. When taken to court, it was ruled that the eviction was justified when the landlord opened a can of the fish inside the courtroom.
Me6Qm TIL The floor plans of MI6 (British Secret Intelligence Service) headquarters in London were 'lost' by building contractors during refurbishment. The documents held sensitive information on the layout, including entry and exit points. Most documents (but not all) were later recovered.
BGPk TIL that when a squirrel feels that it is being watched, it may deceptively pretend to bury an object and then hide the object in its mouth.
6EMaW TIL of Zeer Pot, a refrigeration tool that doesn't require electricity extending usable life of corps to weeks.
8Nna TIL that when a massive power outage struck southern California in the 1990s, Los Angeles residents called 911 to express alarm about strange clouds hovering overhead; they were seeing the Milky Way for the first time due to the lack of light pollution.