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TIL that all polar bears are Irish because they are all descendants of Irish brown bears that lived in the last ice age.

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GAdm7 TIL that in France and parts of Europe, April Fools’ Day is called "Poisson d'avril" (April Fish), and people traditionally stick paper fish on others’ backs as a prank.
Zpaja TIL the Pentagon launched up to 25 unmanned, high-altitude, solar-powered, mass surveillance balloons over the US in 2019
7rJb TIL Two different people have committed suicide after being interviewed by Nancy Grace. One shot herself, the other set herself on fire.
VMw6Q TIL: Of the existence of 'Peaks of eternal light' or high places on planets with little axial tilt that would always be in sunlight from their star.
royx TIL Christopher Scarver, the man who murdered Jeffery Dahmer in prison, spent 16 years in solitary confinement for the crime.