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TIL: “shitstorm” has been adopted into the German language as, a perfectly polite noun meaning, an internet born controversy

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NXYwM TIL about documents of Human-Orca encounters when SeaWorld used to let people get close to them. One of these stories mentions how an orca supposedly 'reverse trained' the Human, using the methods Orca trainers trained Orcas with, to pet them near their blowhole, because the human was hesitating to.
1aWgD TIL that ships sent to retrieve dead bodies of the victims of the Titanic disaster found so many bodies that they ran out of embalming supplies. They decided to only retrieve bodies of 1st class passengers due to "the need to visually identify wealthy men to resolve any disputes over large estates."
PYEvG TIL In 2011, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev signed an order making beer an alcoholic drink. The law went into effect on Jan 1st 2013. Before this, any drink under 10% alcohol was considered a soft drink.
rRAp1 TIL that in 2015 the town of Collecchio in Italy passed a law requiring the use of "silent fireworks" to help reduce stress on veterans, pets, children, and wildlife. While not completely silent, they are much quieter than traditional fireworks and can be more colorful.
a8Oyb TIL George McGovern accidentally bombed an Austrian farm during WWII. He was haunted for 40 years until after a TV interview, when the farmer called the station to reassure him that he and his family got out in time and that it was worth it if it helped bring down Hitler in any way.