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TIL the Oolichan is a smelt-like fish that is so greasy -- with up to 15% of total body weight in fat -- that if caught, dried, and strung on a wick, it can be burned as a candle...thus it is also known as the "candlefish"

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LkgR0 TIL Monty Python’s “Always Look on the Bright Side of Life” is the most played song at funerals in the United Kingdom.
8dP8 TIL that Alaska is not only the northernmost and westernmost state in the United States, but is also technically the easternmost as well because it crosses the 180° meridian of longitude
nev6Y TIL Hawaii is made up of hundreds of islands that span 1500 miles, not just the 8 that most people know
Menea TIL Dry thunderstorms, where most/ all of the normal rain evaporates before hitting the ground. This leaves lightning strikes to hit very dry ground, which is a leading cause of wildfires.
V1M4 TIL the expression “sleep tight” originates from when mattresses were placed on top of ropes that needed regular tightening in the 16th-17th century