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TIL of the "the loneliest whale in the world," who roams the seas without a pack, crying out a 52-hertz mating call too high for other whales to hear. Except some scientists think other whales are actually just ignoring him: "all these whales can hear this guy...He's just odd."

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EgyYp TIL Alice Pierce, who played nosy neighbor Gladys Kravitz in the television sitcom Bewitched, received a posthumous Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series. She died of ovarian cancer during production of season 2, having kept it secret since joining the show.
R50gw TIL only one species of gilled mushroom grows underwater.
JYGVQ TIL the Jèrriais language spoken by a few thousand on the island of Jersey located between France and England, is the closest living language to medieval Anglo-Norman spoken by the descendants of William the Conqueror.
epnYD TIL of water hole in Death Valley Nevada devil’s hole. Not affected by rainwater indicating ancient water. Connected to vast aquifer. Water sloshes around during quakes up to 2000 miles away like bathtub with waves up to 2m. Quakes from Chile and Japan have affected the water surface here
BgeoD TIL while filming a scene in Seven where he's chasing John Doe in the rain, Brad Pitt fell & his arm went thru a car windshield, requiring surgery. This was written into the script to explain Pitt's cast. Coincidentally, the original script did call for Pitt to be injured in the scene (differently).