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TIL that 'Brinicles' occur when newly formed sea ice pushes it's impurities out at extremely low temperatures. It instantly freezes surrounding sea ice and any unlucky creatures nearby when it reaches the sea floor.

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6jgw TIL that Canadian Prime Minister Lester Pearson visited the US in 1965 and made a speech criticizing American foreign policy; the next day, President Lyndon Johnson invited him to Camp David, grabbed him by the lapels, and said, “Don’t you come into my living room and piss on my rug.”
gMbQy TIL that in the Maldives (a strictly Islamic island nation in South Asia), dogs are prohibited for citizens and tourists, except for law enforcement officers, who use sniffer dogs at customs and for special operations
Bro6d TIL: A statue in Odessa, Ukraine of Vladimir Lennon is being given a sci-fi twist converting it to a statue of Darth vader
dyLE TIL Congo’s president Mobutu publicly stated that “It’s okay to steal a little”, which was consistent with the national mentality that whatever the country had was also yours, as long it is just a little.
jNApM TIL An Octopus doesn't have 8 arms but 6 arms and 2 legs.