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TIL that the eerie "loon bird" call often heard in Hollywood movies is frequently used inaccurately to evoke a sense of wilderness, even in locations where loons don't exist.

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E10pp TIL that there is a group of sea wolves on Vancouver Island that can swim for miles and 90% of their diet is seafood. They primarily eat salmon but also forage on barnacles, lams, herring eggs, seals, and river otters.
g86W TIL Guinness has less calories than most beers, including Budweiser. It also contains several key vitamins
4XNp5 TIL in Germany on Sunday, trucks are not allowed to use the highways, unless they have a special permit or are delivering essential supplies
XNoQ TIL: A re-creation of the famous War of the Worlds broadcast preformed in Ecuador caused such a panic, that police and fire brigades rushed out of town to fight the supposed alien. After the people found out it was fake, they burned down the radio station, killing 6 people.
JY4nm TIL That during 2020 Nova Scotia Attack (Canada's worst murder spree), the RCMP tried to block the 911 recordings from being released to the public, because it proved they knew more the killers movements than they let on. As a resident of NS, I believe these need to be shared.