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TIL you can become an honorary resident of Newfoundland by speaking a recitation, taking a shot of the local whiskey, and kissing a fish.

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7BZ TIL the comic strip that started Popeye was actually about Olive Oil. Popeye was a side character
R7dBl TIL Mitigation explains one of the great anomalies of plane crashes. Crashes are far more likely to happen when the captain — that is, the more experienced pilot — is in the flying seat because of the 'Mitigated Speech'.
VjV8 TIL that Assassin Bugs kill ants, suck their insides out and attatch the ants corpse to their body. They then rock up to an ants nest undetected as they possess the scent of an ant. While invisible in the ants nest, they eat when they want
N7nQN TIL that Deficiency of Vitamin D worsens Respiratory Tract Infections. This is thought to be one of the reasons why there are fewer Flu cases in the summer.
8eNaX TIL the CIA considered making a deepfake video of Saddam Hussein “cavorting with a teenage boy” in an effort to destabilize the country before the US invasion.