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TIL giant camels roamed Canada’s High Arctic about 3.5 million years ago

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nW7rB TIL Bees only poop in perfact weather. They will hold for months if needed.
OodP6 TIL during the 9/11 Commission, it was revealed that some investors placed large amounts of put options, a type of option that increases in value as a stock falls, against United and American Airlines, right before 9/11/2001. The investor's $5M profit still sits unclaimed in the Chicago Exchange.
KY1lJ TIL iconic Jason Vorhees Hockey mask of Friday the 13th, actually wasn't there from the start, and only appeared for the first time in the 3rd movie, the reason was because 3D effects supervisor Martin Jay Sadoff who was a hockey fan.
OokrL TIL that aquatic animals have their own version of a spa! They're called cleaning stations and any fish(or even hippo) can go park themselves at the station and get cleaned of grime and parasites. How cool is that?
VnV8 TIL The Sami are Norway’s indigenous people.Their culture is over 11,000 years old. They live in tents called (lavvo) and follow the reindeer herds around for all their sustenance. Reindeer herding is central to Sami culture providing meat, fur and reindeer sledding is their transportation..