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TIL The world’s largest concentration of nukes is housed 20 miles NW of Seattle, and it’s defended by trained dolphins.

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pYd6Z TIL “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” is the wordiest show on TV with 176.2 words per minute, which makes the Rob McElhenney-created FX sitcom the hardest series to follow if you’re watching with subtitles.
oBV1A TIL Charles Morgan, an escrow agent working for the FBI and 2 big crime groups, was found shot in the back of the head. He had on a bullet proof vest, had a map to the location his body was found, had his tooth in his pocket & a bill with a bible reference. It was ruled suicide.
4XBg5 TIL: The last living person born in the 1800s died in 2017. When she was born, the last living person from the 1700s was still alive. In other words, we all lived alongside someone who lived alongside someone who was born when George Washington was president.
4X9Q5 TIL there is a group of single-celled organisms called Asgard archaea, Lokiarchaeum, named after the Arctic Ocean geothermal vent, Loki's Castle, where they were discovered. They are considered to be the missing link in the evolution of the cell, which separates eukaryotes like humans from bacteria.
LyoP TIL that elephants not only tend to grieve for their dead, they also have the ability to recognize skulls of other elephants. They examine the remains with their feet and trunks, paying special attention to the skulls and tusks of even long-dead elephants.