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TIL of the Conet Project, a compilation of records from shortwave stations believed to encoded spy communications, which some have lead to the arrest of spies (audio link in comments)

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Oo1k6 TIL the Irish word for jellyfish, smugairle róin, translates literally as 'seal snot'.
6ERdw TIL of Carrie Nation, a radical member of the temperance movement, who would attack bars and saloons with a hatchet before prohibition came into effect.
4kVbX TIL before becoming famous as a member of Monty Python's Flying Circus, animator Terry Gilliam provided voices on two albums by Frank Zappa: Freak Out! (1966) and Absolutely Free (1967)
Ng06 TIL That Alexandre Dumas was black, and suffered at the hands of racism for most of his life, yet still was celebrated as France’s most widely read writer having written ‘The Three Musketeers’ and 'The Count of Monte Cristo’.
jNydQ TIL that, in 2010, over a hundred bottles of 170 year old champagne were salvaged from a shipwreck. Scientists analysed the liquid and even let themselves each sip 1ml. Apparently it still tasted great!