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TIL: Gray seals are known to engage in cannibalism

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b9V1N TIL a large lunar rock nicknamed Big Bertha, found by Apollo 14 astronauts, is likely a terrestial meteorite. It bears remarkable similarity to zircon found on Earth and dissimilarity to other lunar samples. It is also the third largest lunar rock sample retrieved, measuring at 8.998 kilograms.
QJpgp TIL that 22 out of the 45 presidents of the United States of America have Irish heritage
pO9O TIL Iceland’s population so closely knit that there is a dating app to help prevent accidental incest
M818 TIL the “TTC Sleeper”, a Toronto transit employee who was caught sleeping on the job and was mocked in countless memes, died 10 months later due to health issues that caused him to fall asleep on the job.
grQr4 TIL that in 1958, the first computer bug was a literal moth found inside a Harvard computer.