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TIL most sourdough sold in supermarkets and chain bakeries is fake

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ZpPZY TIL that the fish California grunion lay eggs on sandy beach where they hatch after a fortnight. Grunion runs are graded from 1-5, depending on the number of fish that arrive, the length of the run and how long they mate for. It's impossible to walk on a beach with W5 run without stepping on fish.
kOG9W TIL one of the reasons American bullfrogs are so dangerous as invasive species is cannibalism. Adult bullfrogs can subsist entirely off tadpoles and younger frogs (which eat algae and insects), and that reliable food source lets adult populations grow beyond what's normally possible in an ecosystem
6EPXW TIL fiber-optic internet cables on the sea floor has to be wrapped in kevlar to protect them from shark bites
eK05 TIL that at concerts in Finland, instead of yelling at the band to play Free Bird as a joke, they yell at the band to play Paranoid (by Black Sabbath)
R5M44 TIL: Underwater bomb detectors can be used to track whale populations and in 2022 scientists used bomb detectors to uncover a new population of pygmy blue whales in the Indian Ocean