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TIL the largest salmon caught in Iceland in 2016 was caught by Eric Clapton. He took a quick picture and released it back into the river.

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nRJY TIL: Some tarantulas keep frogs as pets so they will eat insects that burrow into their nest
e0VJb TIL of a mysterious fossil animal from Petrified Forest National Park called Kraterokheriodon, known only from a single tooth so strange that it is impossible to classify what kind of animal it came from.
9YJPX TIL of Senioritis - a term used to describe decrease in motivation for students in senior year of high school, college, or grad school.
pBYQ TIL that in 1939 US and Canada refused to accept 937 Jews who were the last to escape Nazi Germany and despite desperate attempts of (non Jewish) german captain to secure safety for his passengers they were forced to return to Europe. Many of them later died in concentration camps.
oVaW TIL that Bikram Yoga was invented in the 1970’s by a man called Bikram Choudhury, who decided to copyright poses developed from those available for free for centuries. He also compares himself to Jesus and sues everyone who tries to “copy” his business.