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TIL that farmed salmon can get depression, a state which causes them to stop eating and radically changes their physical attributes

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LkwwZ TIL President Warren Harding's dog Laddie Boy was so popular that he was "interviewed" for the Evening Star in 1921. He "said" a dog should appear on U.S. currency and joked Chihuahuas were ill-suited to the American climate but that, seriously, they should be barred from being brought here.
kbKg TIL that the ‘mare’ in nightmare actually refers to an evil spirit in European folklore, which people would believe sat on their chests while they slept, causing unpleasant dreams.
R5ldl TIL that advance tickets to all three days of Woodstock cost $18, equivalent to only about $125 in 2019
Ox74 TIL Marlon Brando was in an acting class that was told to act like chickens and that a nuclear bomb was about to fall on them. Most of the class clucked wildly, but Brando sat calmly and pretended to lay an egg. When Stella Adler asked why he said, “I’m a chicken, What do I know about bombs?”
ne57o TIL that the annual Exxon safety calendar featured the Exxon Valdez for the month of March in 1989. On March 24th, 1989, the Valdez ran aground - the most devastating environmental oil spill in history.