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TIL that British military jets were used to bomb a stricken oil tanker in 1967 to burn the oil before it came to shore

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16Gl8 TIL that Roly-Polys or Pill Bugs are terrestrial crustaceans and are more closely related to lobsters, crabs, and shrimps
VBoEm TIL Quebec French swear words are based on words and expressions related to Catholicism
KYEe9 TIL Wolves don't have Alpha Male mentalities. This was a misunderstood theory.
woXDP TIL about 14 year old Leslie Mahaffy, whose mom locked her out of her house for missing curfew to attend a friend's wake. That night, she was abducted and murdered by serial killers Karla Homolka and Paul Bernardo.
m11jO TIL of the Sydney Tar Ponds, an area in Sydney, Nova Scotia where a local steel mill was continuously pouring over 750,000 tons of sludge and toxic chemicals into the area for over 100 years. The $400m cleanup finished by burying the sludge in concrete and turning it into a local park.