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TIL A 2021 study reported the first known occurrence of pack hunting by electric eels.

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p8GwQ TIL how IPAs, or “Indian Pale Ales” got their name. Most beers couldn’t withstand the 6 month trip from Great Britain to the British colonies in India, where the climate was too hot to brew. In response, a brewer heavily hopped and aged their beers, making them pale, and able to survive the journey.
KOxv4 TIL Early European modern humans had dark skin, as genes for light skin did not evolve until 30000 years ago, and white skin did not become prevalent in Europe until the Bronze Age.
4krL5 TIL after his ship was locked in ice, Henry Hudson & crew survived the winter in the southern tip of the Hudson Bay. The following spring, Hudson, his teenage son, and 7 supporters were set adrift by mutineers on a small boat, never heard from again.
0wM7M TIL the launching mechanism on an aircraft carrier could throw a pickup truck over a mile
8a8Xa TIL all Golden Hamsters in captivity today descend from a single brother-sister pairing, found in Syria in 1930. The captured litter began with eleven, but the rest either escaped or ate each other.