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TIL that Octopus wrestling was a popular sport in the 1960s.

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VB1Wk TIL that it is completely legal to take an entire raw fish on a plane as your personal item.
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yQbnM TIL that apiarists, geneticists, and bee breeding engineers at the University of Saskatchewan in Canada have developed a new bee breed that is supposed to have beneficial traits, including strength and mite resistance, to try and cure colony collapse disorder and save the bees. #savethebees
R7dO6 TIL that in 1862, during the height of the U.S. Civil War, 40 U.S. Marines where called to help with the extraordinary rendition of two Confederate diplomats from the U.S. consulate in Tangier.
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