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TIL Whale songs can be used to map out the ocean floor

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9DQ6 TIL the city of New York will pay for a one-way plane ticket for any homeless person if they have a guaranteed place to stay
NXp0e TIL The rivalry between the British actor William Charles Macready and American actor Edwin Forrest resulted in a riot that left dozens dead. The 1849 riot resulted in the increased divide from high-class Shakespearen theaters and low class vaudeville entertainment.
5VP19 TIL: The image where the tongue folds the tip backwards and goes all the way into the nasal passage way is real- its name: Khechari Mudra.
yQaZJ TIL that Alex Trebek and Jesse Ventura guest starred on an episode of the X-Files as The Men in Black.
OoZZ7 TIL of operation Tamarisk | During the cold war, soviet troops weren't issued toilet paper in the field, leading to them using official documents; Spies were sent in to retrieve these documents from disposal bins. It's seen as one of the most successful espionage missions of the cold war.