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TIL sea otter mothers wrap their babies in kelp to keep them from drifting away

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LBL0 TIL that 2-digit interstates ending with a 0 go east-west and with 5 go north to south. If it is 3-digits (495) it is an offspring of the original road (95). If the first of the 3-digit is odd, it goes through a city, if it is even it goes around a city.
VBA9k TIL that the city of Americana in Brazil was founded by former Confederates who fled the US after the Civil War
WkWvX TIL although Colonel Sanders is an iconic southerner he moved to Toronto in 1965 and lived there until his death in 1980.
VMmvG TIL that a traditional Sardinian cheese, casu marzu, is eaten with live maggots in it. The maggots break down the cheese’s fats, making it exceptionally soft. Each cheese has thousands of maggots in it. The larvae can launch up to 15 cm, so diners hold their hands above the cheese to prevent this.
9wx5B TIL in 1969, the illegitimate son of comedian Stepin Fetchit, who had met his father for the first time only two years before, went on a shooting rampage on the Pennsylvania Turnpike, injuring 16 and killing 5, including his wife and himself.