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TIL that if you hit a moose with your car in Maine, you get first dibs on the carcass

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rR97x TIL In 1943, a new volcano started growing in Hokkaido, Japan. The Imperial Japanese government censored the news because it considered this a bad wartime omen. Therefore, all we know about this volcano's development comes from the records local postmaster Masao Mimatsu made on his own volition.
Djog TIL that 12 people have walked on the moon but only 3 people have been to the bottom of the Mariana Trench
KYrJ9 TIL in 1906 con man Wilhelm Voigt posed as a Prussian military officer and took a group of troops by train to the town of Köpenick, arresting the mayor and stealing 4000 German marks. He was viewed as a folk hero and the Kaiser later pardoned him. A statue of him stands outside the city hall.
rY4W TIL researchers printed out a beating mouse heart using a modified printer with cells in the ink cartridge.
m1erE TIL that the deepest point of Krubera Cave, the deepest known cave on Earth, is still about 60m above sea level due to it being located in the Caucasus mountains