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TIL Koi fish, while superficially signifying "good luck," most strongly mean "perseverance in the face of adversity" because they swim against the current. In legend, they swam up a waterfall and turned into a golden dragon upon reaching the top.

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X0ZGR TIL In 1977, Ohio State University's SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial intelligence) project received a strong radio signal which appeared to be coming from the constellation Sagittarius and it lasted for 72 seconds. The signal hasn't been detected since, and it's still a mystery for the scientists.
rRkbW TIL that North Korea trained some members of the Official IRA and the men posed as members of the Maltese Communist Party
nWmN7 TIL National Geographic editor Bill Garrett was fired from the magazine in 1990 because he wanted to publish more controversial features that raised production costs and stories about AIDS, Exxon Valdez oil spill were published under his direction
e00PJ TIL that Bob Segar's band, the Silver Bullet Band, originally didn't like the song "Old Time Rock and Roll"; the band didn't think it was "Silver Bullety" enough.
MZm8 TIL that a bulbous bow allows a ship to move faster by cancelling waves with its own waves