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TIL that Lobster used to be Peasant Food until the Mid 1800's because trains and Canned Lobster made it more available thus driving up the price and making it a delicacy

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KOGOG TIL Seals often visit Loch Ness, swimming up river from the ocean.
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JAxm TIL: That in it’s entire deployment history (c 1998), the Challenger 2 tank has suffered no combat losses. And that one tank is reported to have survived 70 RPGs.