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TIL: Pufferfish create intricate underwater crop circles as part of their mating ritual.

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nWJeW TIL: when Bob Dylan was touring Scotland in 1966. A waiter arrived at the hotel room they were staying at. Then shouted Fk him" and “you’re a fking traitor to folk music” and pulled out a knife. But he was disarmed by Dylan’s bodyguard.
oBXGr TIL that James K. Polk is the only US president who pledged to serve only one term during his campaign. He was known for fulfilling all his major promises and died 3 months after his term ended, making his retirement the shortest. He is also the only speaker of the house to be elected as president.
KYL09 TIL There is a myth that the White Star Line stopped the wages of the Titanic’s crew when it sank on April 15th, which was in line with Board of Trade regulations. They actually paid their staff bonus wages covering what they would have earned had the journey been completed.
woNv8 TIL that Ivan IV “the Terrible” of Russia once tried to woo Elizabeth I of England and wrote her a letter blaming her lack of authority on her sex when she turned him down.
01N TIL that Freddie Mercury designed the Queen “crest”.