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TIL It was only in 2015 that a videographer captured for the first time footage of a blue whale calf breastfeeding

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R7Gg6 TIL that 90% of Diamonds in the world pass through the Indian city of Surat in Gujarat state, before reaching the market. The diamonds are cut and polished here.
VDg0 TIL an American soldier was killed 60 seconds before the WWI Armistice came into effect, after he charged and shot at a German roadblock. The Germans knew about the coming peace and tried to wave him off.
yQ5gw TIL that a researcher once proposed to his girlfriend in the acknowledgement section of a scientific paper that he published.
JRg1 TIL the USS Pueblo crewmen stuck up their middle finger in photos when they were captured in North Korea. They said it was a “Hawaiian Good Luck sign”. Then the TIME magazine ran a photo and wrote the real explanation. The next day the Koreans found out what it meant, and the crewmen were tortured.
XEdm6 TIL that in Japan people don't sign documents but have personal stamps for documents