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TIL researchers have discovered multiple hidden "civilizations" of octupuses referred to as Octlantis

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P1Pln TIL that the most prolific musical artist of all time is a Japanese noise musician named Merzbow, who's released 420 original albums since 1980
VBRWQ TIL the distance between Earth and the Moon is so great, you could fit all other planets in the solar system between them
AN6yl TIL about the West Point Spiked Eggnog Riot of 1826, when cadets, including future Confederate President Jefferson Davis, went on a wild bender after sneaking booze into the academy. Captain Hitchcock tried to regain control but was attacked, and nearly shot, while a drunk drum corps played outside
jNJjE TIL that nearly 1/4th of all Caucasian service members of the Union Army were foreign-born, coming from countries such as Germany, Ireland, Scotland, Italy, and Russia among others. 9.7% of the Union Army were African American freedmen from the north, half being ex-slaves.
NboJ TIL that the Iranian government banned the mullet as a measure to “confront the cultural assault by the West”