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TIL there is a group of wolves in British Columbia known as "sea wolves" and 90% of their food comes from the sea.

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PYNLe TIL that after surfacing under ice in the Arctic, the submarine USS Connecticut was attacked by a Polar Bear who proceeded to chew on the ship's rudder before 'disengaging.'
avjo TIL that Philadelphia cream cheese was first created in New York. It was named after Philadelphia because at the time, the city was renowned for its production of similar cheeses. Also, in Mexico, any brand of cream cheese is often referred to as “queso filadelfia.”
wLvP7 TIL McDonald's ice cream machines aren’t always broken. They have a daily required cleaning cycle that takes 4 hours so employees just say the machine is broken.
0dpo5 TIL in 1990, a panel of the windscreen on British Airways Flight 5390 fell out at 17,000ft, causing the cockpit to decompress & its captain to be sucked halfway out of the aircraft. He survived.
AD0Kx TIL the 5 largest power stations in the world are all hydroelectric