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TIL That whales milk is similar in constancy as toothpaste; it must be thick, or else it will dissipate into the surrounding water.

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KYRdB TIL that on Emma Watson's 18th birthday, paparazzi attempted to take pictures under her skirt by laying down on the pavement in front of her house and then published them. If they were taken 24 hours earlier, it would have been illegal.
Lk81m TIL in 1992, a California middle school ordered teachers to cover up all "obscene" words in Fahrenheit 451 with black marker before issuing copies to students. The school stopped this practice after local newspapers commented on the irony of defacing a book that condemns censorship.
78MNx TIL that Jimmy Carter saw a UFO in 1969