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Gm7 TIL a strange object at the bottem of the sea emits an EMP
bKjp TIL that in 1830, a group of Australian convicts hijacked a ship off the coast of Tasmania and sailed it to isolationist Japan. At a port on Shikoku Island, a samurai disguised as a fisherman recalled walking the docks, when they noted “an unbearable stench in the vicinity of the ship.”
9Y1rp TIL, that human canines are not for tearing and ripping meat. Instead, our ancestors used them to fight male rivals for mating rights.
jvaa TIL Mary Anning, the first female paleontologist, is the girl referenced in the rhyme “she sells sea shells by the sea shore” after she discovered the first ichthyosaur at age 12 while collecting shells on the beach.
dDkDj TIL that Kalawao County in Hawaii only has 82 residents. It was originally established as a place to isolate Hansen's Disease (leprosy) patients. It is only accessible by air or mule trail, and is governed by the Hawaii health department.