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TIL Squidward is canonically an octopus and not a squid

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kJZA1 TIL that the yakuza have been involved in disaster relief efforts in Japan, often providing initial aid faster than the government - notably after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, a magnitude 9.0 quake that killed over 19,000 people
0lGA TIL that in 2015, a husband and wife were the only two people left residing in Spencer Mountain, NC and they elected themselves to the town council via write in vote.
aaKb TIL trial attorney Mark Lanier offered to settle an asbestos lawsuit against Carborundum for $10,000. They declined and it went to trial. The jury awarded $118,000,000.
GAmbG TIL spaghetti never breaks into 2, but more pieces
XEXA8 TIL Common kingsnakes (Lampropeltis getula) are notorious ophiophages, and will consume rattlesnakes as readily as they will garter snakes. Immune to the venom of native pit vipers and capable of consuming a snake nearly as long as they are, kingsnakes also consume frogs, lizards, turtles & rodents.