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TIL Japanese eels, even the farm-raised ones, are spawn in the waters off the Northern Mariana Islands in the western Pacific Ocean

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e8dn TIL that ‘Inside the Actor’s Studio’ host James Lipton is 90 years old.
KOmN9 TIL the tradition of spraying champagne after winning a championship was started by Dan Gurney (Team Ford) after the 1967 Le Mans 24-hour race. A huge underdog, Gurney thought the "hard-fought victory needed something special" and spontaneously hosed down all gathered, including Henry Ford II
DQvvY TIL Thomas Cullen Davis, an oil tycoon, shot his wife and her 12 year-old daughter execution-style. His wife survived and testified against him, but Davis was found not guilty of murder. He also tried to kill the judge overseeing his case, for which he was also found not guilty of attempted murder.
BrnLx TIL that Captain Marvel was originally portrayed by a man, western actor Tom Tyler
M6wB TIL from 1948 to 1949 Allied Planes made over 278,000 flights and brought 2.8 million tons of aid to West Berliners