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TIL that during the falklands war in 1982 the british mistakenly killed three whales believing them to be enemy submarines.

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GYZ44 TIL that historically, black dyes were the hardest to make. Brilliant colours or heavily-decorated clothes were legally restricted to the nobility, so successful merchants would show off their wealth by wearing all-black clothes
pYE5e TIL that a lot of optimization algorithms are based on the observation of nature (ACO,PSO, genetic algorithms, honeybee algorithms, etc...)
awvXy TIL About Kennewick Man, a 9000 year old skeleton found in Washington that sparked a 9 year legal battle between the Army Corps of Engineers, scientists and Native American Tribes who claimed ownership of the remains.
5Yk9D TIL that there were plans to have Hugh Jackman's Wolverine cameo in the original Spider-Man film. Once he was available to film, nobody could find his costume, so they cancelled it.
LkdBZ TIL of a teen that was prosecuted as an adult for having naked images – of himself – on phone. The court claimed he exploited himself and therefore must be punished so that the other party (himself) is satisfied.