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TIL that each strand of corn silk is attached to an individual corn kernel

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OGLp7 TIL there are five main species of Pacific salmon commonly targeted by anglers (Wild-caught): Chinook (King), Coho (Silver), Sockeye (Red), Pink, and Chum. In the Atlantic, the Atlantic salmon is the only species and is typically farmed.
dD4oQ TIL about rescue buoys used in the English channel in WWII. Designed to provide shelter for the pilots or crew of aircraft shot down or forced to make an emergency landing over water, they contained food, cigarettes, liquor, flares and even board games to pass the time.
W7OlB TIL - NVIDIA's unofficial company motto is "Our company is thirty days from going out of business."
x6amb TIL of the Normandy Massacres, a series of killings committed against Canadian soldiers by Hitler Youth SS troops. Around 1-in-7 of Canadian deaths during the Battle of Normandy were executions.
kJ4g1 TIL the last widow of a Civil War veteran died in December 2020, at the age of 101.