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TIL when whales die and sink, their carcasses, known as "Whale falls", provide a bounty of nutrients for deepwater creatures

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gYL9 TIL ‘Goodbye’ is a contraction of the phrase 'God be with you’, originating in 1580.
WkyBL TIL that after the courts found insufficient proof against his daughter’s killer, a father hired 2 guys to kidnap the man and transport him to France. The man was found “tied up and dumped near a French courthouse.” He received 15 years in prison. Dad got a 1-year suspended sentence for kidnapping.
PYJaV TIL that in addition to being the second largest country in Africa, the Democratic Republic of Congo is also the world's second largest French-speaking country with its capital, Kinshasa, being the largest French-speaking city.
loPbr TIL that Hugh Thompson Jr. ordered his own crew to fire upon friendly soldiers if they wouldn’t stop shooting civilians in the My Lai Massacre.
78mwp TIL there was a Japanese troop transport ship called Montreal Maru and it was sunk during the Aleutian Islands Campaign, the only campaign of WW2 fought on North American soil