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TIL Jimmy Buffett saved Colin Jost's Life in 2014

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eZAL TIL it was faster to take the train from New York to Buffalo in 1890 than in 2013
WgpL TIL Most Iranian women don’t wear niqabs. The government once considered them to be a “badge of backwardness.”
neeeG TIL in Finland, some children read to dogs and cows because they actually like listening and are extremely attentive.
nePOB TIL that since 2013 starfishes in the Pacific Ocean have been going through a deadly plague/epidemic. The disease is called Sea Star Wasting Disease which seems to be associated with a virus. It causes the starfishes to tear their limbs apart and eventually leads to their deaths.
VBmw8 TIL that Orcas are the largest species in the dolphin family (Delphinidae).