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TIL that whales evolved from wolf sized land animals that roamed the planet around 50 million years ago.

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gM0Yy TIL that at the height of the 1918 flu pandemic, an anti mask league was formed to protest PPE in San Francisco
JbDl TIL Kobe beef was not legally exported out of Japan until January of 2012. If you ate Japanese Kobe Beef outside of Japan before this date, you were duped.
P1WpO TIL that the diesel engine/fuel source are named after their inventor Rudolph Diesel. More than 95% of today’s ships run on petroleum products, fueling diesel engines which have been optimized for their specific purposes. They ship about 90% of global trade.
4XrMo TIL the monster truck, Grave Digger has had 41 iterations. Number 13 was skipped because of Triskaidekaphobia
LkN4V TIL that people who work for Waffle House Corporate spend one day a year working in a Waffle House restaurant.