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TIL Oceanographers aren’t sure if blue crustaceans are actually rare, or if social media has simply made their existence easier to report and document.

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LOnP TIL that it was Nicholas Cage that introduced Johnny Depp to his agent, thus starting his acting career
OGOP7 TIL the word helicopter is not derived from combining “heli” and “copter” but by combining helico from the Greek for “spiral” and pteron from the Greek for “wing.”
9YROG TIL Gwen Stefani’s older brother, Eric, was the brainchild behind No Doubt and also worked as an animator on Rugrats and The Simpsons
la1r TIL about J.R.R. Tolkien’s service as a Lieutenant in World War I. He fought in The Battle of the Somme, and it has been suggested that the horrors of trench warfare shaped his later depictions of Mordor in The Lord of the Rings.
AOkB TIL Qatar Airways allows only one falcon per person as carry-on. It used to be two.