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TIL that we have found Bull Sharks as far inland as Illinois

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pjMG TIL that the French praised ‘Ratatouille’ for perfectly recreating the environment of a restaurant kitchen. One chef said, “When Colette teaches the young cook how you cut onions, how you cook vegetables in a pan, how you season everything — that’s it, that’s how we do it!”
QJORX TIL that in the late 1960s, airlines Air India commissioned famous artist Salvador Dali to design an ashtray for the airline. Dali agreed but asked for an elephant as payment. A 2-year-old baby elephant named "big baby" was flown from Bangalore to Cadaques, a small Catalonian town where Dali Lived.
lAgr TIL an entire village in Spain bought tickets in a national lottery. When they won, each villager received at least 100K$, except one man who didn’t buy a ticket.
5YbdP TIL horses can't vomit because they have a strong lower esophageal sphincter that acts as a one-way valve, preventing food from coming up.
ADWb7 TIL that lobsters are notorious cannibals, one of the reason it's hard to have lobster farms