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TIL Ships will store and purposefully dump oil into the ocean to create calm seas around them, called storm oil

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8eGkP TIL there are international human-dog dance competitions, with complex routines set to music.
QJnpL TIL that mosquitos can pause & resume their development lifecycle stages egg -> larva -> pupa -> adult. While each of these stages typically last 5 - 14 days, if conditions are unfavourable (heat, cold etc), they can delay the transition by even a year by going into diapause (dormant stage)
x6ed5 TIL that King Kong vs Godzilla started out as King Kong vs Frankenstein. Written by King Kong’s co-creator and animator Willis O'Brien, the script was stolen, sold without his knowledge and retooled for Godzilla. He considered suing but died due to the stress.
XEAmX TIL While every airport has an area after security to repack your bag and put shoes on, on Milwaukee's Mitchell International calls it a "Recombobulation Area"
xeL1 TIL there was an experiment where three schizophrenic men who believed they were Jesus Christ were all put in one place to sort it out.