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TIL that in 1956 the US Navy, at the request of Icelandic fishermen, destroyed hundreds of killer whales with machine guns, rockets and depth charges.

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84pX TIL that people on the south Pacific Pitcairn Islands, descended from British mutineers and accompanying Tahitians, speak an English creole that is heavily influenced by naval lingo. “To fall over” is “to capsize” while for “everyone” they say “all hands” (from “all hands on deck”).
Zojv TIL Vulcan Point is an island on a lake, on an island on a lake, on an island.
dnmd TIL the biggest lobster ever documented was in 1977- 44 lb, almost 4 feet long, and estimated to be as old as 100 years. Records show lobsters reached as big as 6 feet during colonial times!
Zrk4 TIL the rarest element on Earth is the halogen Astatine. It’s so rare that only 30 grams of it can be found at any point in time on Earth, and only 0.05 micrograms of it has been produced to date. Most of its properties are unknown and no one has ever seen it in its natural form.
yQxBM TIL developers in China built a sex theme park ‘Love Land’ with naked human sculptures, giant replica genitals, sex technique workshops and a photo gallery on the history of sex. It was deemed a negative influence on Chinese society and the government demolished it before it could open