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TIL the first taxidermy walrus was much larger and smoother than a live walrus, as the taxidermist had never seen one before and overstuffed it to get rid of the wrinkles.

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wLj7P TIL that the first crime ever recorded in Antarctica occurred when a Soviet scientist, upset at losing a chess game (to another Soviet scientist), attacked his opponent with an ice axe. It's unclear whether the attack was fatal or not, but the result was that chess was banned by the Soviets.
kOnZg TIL that until 2012 the U.S. state of North Dakota wasn't technically a state due to an error in their state constitution which lacked the required oath of office to qualify for statehood.
nelMo TIL that Sneha Anne Philip is officially considered to be one of the victims of 9/11. Being a doctor who lived nearby, it's believed that she died trying to help the injured at Ground Zero. There's just one problem: no-one saw her there. Or, indeed, anywhere at all. She went missing on 9/10.
R7Wa9 TIL a Harvard study found that hiring one highly productive ‘toxic worker’ does more damage to a company’s bottom line than employing several less productive, but more cooperative, workers.
lEJ5 TIL water buffalo that graze on opium poppies become “docile as lambs” and withdrawn from the herd. After the harvest, they suffer from tremors and convulsions - withdrawal symptoms