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TIL There are only 8 Blockbuster stores officially left open in the U.S, 6 of the 8 stores are in Alaska, The other 2 are in Oregon

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loye1 TIL about a cow named "Emily" who escaped from a slaughterhouse in Hopkinton, Massachusetts. The local newspapers reported her often been running with a herd of deer. Later, during her stay in sanctuary at the Peace Abbey, she became a representative of "animal rights" and "vegetarianism".
b9e80 TIL that during the naval Battle of Tsushima in 1905, the Japanse fleet kept firing on the surrendering Russian ships as the Japanse code books didn't contain the signal for "surrender"
d885K TIL that this parasite severs the blood vessels in the fish’s tongue causing it to fall out. The parasite then becomes the fish’s new tongue.
4pXg TIL booger eating boosts your immune system
6EKmW TIL that Mountbatten chose 15th August as India's independence day because it was the day of Japan’s surrender in World War II.