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TIL: Orcas Are Called Killer Whale Because They Hunt Whales
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TIL blue jeans are illegal in North Korea because they are a symbol of American imperialism.
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TIL In 1831, a train suffered a boiler explosion when a fireman grew tired of listening to it whistle, and tried to stop the noise by placing a piece of lumber on the safety valve and sitting on it. The blocked valve caused the pressure within the boiler to exceed its capacity, and it exploded.
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TIL, Cocaine should never be injected as it a protoplasmic poison and causes tissue necrosis.
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TIL a new measurement type – Smoots
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TIL that it snows metal on Venus