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TIL that a new Ocean is forming in Africa

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0w7nL TIL: the popular Sriracha sauce in the US (in the green-capped bottle) tastes different because they have a different supplier of chile peppers. The owner sued the original supplier for $1 million claiming he overpaid. The farmer countersued and won $23.3 million and now makes his own sriracha.
XplQ TIL: Swordfish can heat up their eyes in order to hunt better
b6mv0 TIL of Taro Tsujimoto, a fake hockey player drafted by the Buffalo Sabres. With a name inspiration coming from a local grocer, Tsujimoto was picked because the GM was frustrated by the length of the NHL draft. Outside the GM and the Director of communications, no one else knew the joke.
x6rwb TIL there is a Titanic monument in DC, funded by women, to honor the men of the Titanic who died so that women and children could live. Only 20% of men survived, while over 70% of women and children made it.
e0aek TIL of a tribe of nomadic divers that have evolved larger spleens allowing them to hold their breaths for up to 13 minutes and catch fish more than 200 feet underwater