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TIL that in 2019 an arctic fox used sea ice to travel 2,179 miles from a Norwegian island to Canada. The trip took just 76 days.

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6aMJ TIL that Nickleback’s manager instructed Jimmy Kimmel Live director Bobcat Goldwait not to shoot Chad Kroeger from profile because of his big nose. Goldwait waited until there were 10 seconds left in the band’s live performance, then ordered all cameras to shoot Kroeger’s nose.
RN5w TIL Russia Outproduces Saudi Arabia in Oil Production by 1,000,000 barrels per day.
KOpeQ TIL: The Mongol Empire once extended over an estimated 9.27 million square miles (24,000,000 km2), which is about 17.8% of Earth's total land area, almost 5x larger than 'Pax Romana' Rome.
d81Dd TIL that the elements Uranium, Neptunium, and Plutonium were all named after their respective planets. Even if Pluto was stripped of planetary status it's still got 1 more element named after it than Jupiter!
nvbd TIL that the Danish word for “Cruise Control” is “Fartpilot.”