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TIL about Octopolis and Octlantis are two separate non-human underwater settlements built by the gloomy octopuses

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mxRPp TIL that purple Skittles are grape flavoured in the USA rather than blackcurrant (in the UK) due to a ban introduced in 1629. Although it's been lifted, only 0.1% of american have eaten a blackcurrant.
VxVG TIL about the Old Man, a 30 foot tree stump that has been floating around vertically on Crater Lake for 130 years and scientists aren’t really sure why.
xVlJ5 TIL the people around Siberia's Lake Baikal have a system for extracting submerged vehicles that have fallen through the ice, without using heavy machinery.
BGeW TIL that the bull on the Elmer’s glue logo is the husband of Elsie, the cow on the Borden Milk logo.
mxVxM TIL M'lady/Fedora guys is Jerry Messing. Before his internet stardom he was the child actor who played Pugsley in Addams Family Reunion as well as Gordon Crisp, the smelly kid in Freaks and Geeks.