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TIL that dogs' noses are so sensitive that they can smell whale poop in the ocean from up to 1 mile (1.6 km) away

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loPoV TIL in 1985 a private party sold 1.5 million shares of Apple causing a 12-year low. This helped Steve Jobs in a proposal that Apple oust CEO Gil Amelio and he become the replacement. It was later revealed that the privately sold 1.5 million shares (over $60B today) was sold by Steve Jobs.
GAQ4G TIL: Famine is not a natural disaster — nearly all historical famines, such as the Irish Potato Famine, are primarily man-made.
5VeOp TIL that the [former] most remote tree in the world (the only structure in 250 miles), was hit and killed by a drunk driver in 1973. Now, the world's [newest] loneliest tree lives on Campbell Island, NZ, where it has lived in isolation for over 100 years.
epMOg TIL of Rough and Tumble Fighting or "Gouging", a martial art attested from rural southern and frontier areas in the 18th and 19th centuries in which mutilation of the opponent was a basic fighting technique (disturbing description)
d8JD8 TIL there really is a place called Sweet Home in Alabama.