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TIL Operation Alaska, Finalaska or New Finland was a proposed plan to evacuate entire Finnish population (3.8 million) to Alaska during the WW2

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OoLgX TIl The clown loach, a tropical freshwater fish, has a movable spine behind its eye that can stab predators as a defense mechanism
DQ9MP TIL about "Cocaine Bear," a real black bear that accidentally consumed a duffel bag full of cocaine in 1985. The drugs were dropped from a plane by a drug smuggler, Andrew Thornton, who later died during a botched parachute jump. The bear ingested over 75 pounds of cocaine and died almost instantly
VM9dD TIL George A. Romero, legendary horror director of Night of the Living Dead and Dawn of the Dead, got his start directing short films for Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood
e0nG4 TIL On the tiny island nation of Tuvalu, everyday for about two hours before sunset hundreds of Tuvaluans, young and old, meet on the international airport runway to just hang out
XE9Vk TIL the earliest home TV recording was discovered in 1996. Done in London in 1933 (when only a few thousand 30-line TVs existed) using a phonograph recorder to record the audible TV signal transmitted after the regular BBC radio broadcast ended at 11 PM. It was 4 minutes of dancing girls.