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TIL There are 21 different species of fish that can be labeled and sold as “Sardines”.

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VVAp TIL that during the Falklands War, when the HMS Sheffield was sunk by Argentinian missiles, the crew members who made it into the water sang the song “Always Look on the Bright Side of Life” from Monty Python’s Life of Brian while they waited for rescue.
PYgjn TIL that during a Communist Party conference in 1937, following a speech by Stalin, the audience began to clap and carried on for 11 minutes, with no-one daring to be the first to stop. The first person to stop was a paper factory director who was arrested that night and sent to prison for 10 years.
0nLM TIL: Despite lack of media coverage, the Special Olympics World Games is often the largest sporting event of the year
64GX TIL Elephants can distinguish different human languages and know which ones belong to people with a history of confrontation with elephants
WVR9 TIL In the 1970s, Mattel sold a doll called “Growing Up Skipper.” Her breasts grew when her arm was turned.