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TIL that male adult whalefish can never open their mouths

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nmK9 TIL that before the English speaking world was exposed to the fruit, the color orange was referred to as “geoluhread” which is Old English for red-yellow.
WkBbN TIL that in 2003 a Salvadore Dali painting was stolen from a prison on Rikers Island after hanging for 38 years. The thieves turned out to be four guards. No inmates were involved.
dD7Oj TIL about Operation Cottage intended to seize the last enemy stronghold on North American soil from Japanese occupiers in 1943. By the time the island was declared secure, over 300 Allied soldiers lay dead or wounded. There were none Japanese casualties, they abandoned the island 3 weeks prior.
DaGP TIL in 2010 a plane crashed in Tripoli, Libya. All of the passengers and crew (in total 103) died except for one child, a 10-year-old Dutch child
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