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TIL the Exxon Valdez, a ship that caused one of the most infamous oil spills in history is still carrying oil today, albeit with a different name. However,it is banned from carrying oil off of the Alaskan coast, the site of the spill

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8eJrX TIL In July 2018, Russian scientists collected and analyzed 300 prehistoric worms from the permafrost and thawed them. Two of the ancient worms were revived and started moving and eating. One is dated at 32,000 years old, and the other is 41,700 years old.
697ZQ TIL Screech owls can have symbiotic relationships with Texas blind snakes, bringing them to their nests where they clean up parasites and insects
KYrJ9 TIL in 1906 con man Wilhelm Voigt posed as a Prussian military officer and took a group of troops by train to the town of Köpenick, arresting the mayor and stealing 4000 German marks. He was viewed as a folk hero and the Kaiser later pardoned him. A statue of him stands outside the city hall.
a86w9 TIL Chicken Katsu was invented in the late 1800s by a Tokyo restaurant that wanted to offer a European-style meat cutlet to British businessmen
nO4b TIL French was the mother tongue of every English king until Henry IV