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TIL The Great Salt Lake was once almost the size of Lake Michigan

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4oGb TIL in 2012 hurricane Isaac caused the Mississippi river to flow backwards for 24 hours
KYXlG Today I learned that when Dr. Seuss lived in La Jolla, California, the US postal service kept confusing him with a nuclear physicist named Dr. Hans Suess who also lived in La Jolla.
jNpJM Today I learned that 93 percent of shark attacks around the world between 1580 and 2010 were on males.
x6PD5 TIL Jasper the Bear, beloved mascot of Jasper National Park in Canada, was the star of a very popular comic strip that ran from 1948 - 1972.
M5VB TIL there is a Canadian island that has four native languages: Micmac, Scottish Gaelic, and distinct local French and English dialects.