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TIL that there is a traditional inuit food called Kiviak which is made by fermenting seabird inside a seal's skin

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yaoJ TIL there is a genetic defect among Fruit Flies that cause them to die within two days. Its discoverer named the defect “Kenny” after the character in South Park.
97MM TIL the expiration date on bottled water is for the bottle, not the water.
GY4Z1 Today I learned that when Alexander the Great conquered Egypt, many Greek-Romans came to Egypt as tourist. Many of them ended up carving their names stating “so and so was here, and the work of these Egyptians are great” in the tombs of the Valley of the Kings.
p8oGZ TIL Ali Hassan Al-Majid was named Chemical Ali because of his contributions to Bloody Friday. This Event was a Chemical attack in Kurdistan in which people who were hit by these gas bombs dropped dead. In some cases, they coughed up green vomit/died of laughter.
6Eo6Q TIL, in 2014, after Bieber's arrest for DUI, "Deport Justin Bieber and revoke his green card" received almost 275,000 signatures. Petitions with 100,000 signatures require an official White House response. However, the WH's response was, "Sorry to disappoint, but we won't be commenting on this one."