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TIL Exactly 10 Years Ago, Iceland resumed whaling after a 14-year moratorium

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Jy81 TIL a volcanologist died at an observation camp when Mount St. Helens exploded in 1980. He had agreed, for one day, to fill in for a colleague who was rotating out a third scientist based at the camp. The man rotated out died 11 years later during the Mount Unzen (Japan) eruption.
a86Q0 TIL certain species of wild oats are able to walk. They have a pair of 'legs' called awns which flex and make the seeds crawl around, to find an ideal place to plant itself.
R78dj TIL : the Speaker of the House is not required to be an elected member of the House of Representatives. There is no requirement in the Constitution even though they are third in line for the Presidency.
X0AeE TIL that scientist have now unraveled the mystery of the Ancient Roman structures and figured out the actual concrete recipe of the Ancient Romans and why it's still standing after thousands of years.
BgLje TIL Cats have evolved to meow almost exclusively to humans, and rarely use it as part of cat-to-cat communication.