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

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eRME TIL that in the Mandingo fight scene in Django Unchained, when the man asks Django how his name is spelled, Django says “The D is silent.” The man replies “I know.” This is because the man is Franco Nero, the man who played Django in the original movie “Django,” in a cameo role.
J1O9Q TIL over 50% of the world's population is brown-eyed. Almost 75% of Icelanders have blue eyes.
0wZpM TIL that cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, kale, Brussels sprouts, and collard greens are all the same species of plant
D1oYp TIL of the Quetzalcoatlus northropi, one of the biggest known flying animals of all time. It stood about as tall as a giraffe and had a wingspan as wide as the length of a gas tanker truck.
BrB7L TIL that in 1957, 69% of Americans polled by Gallop reported that religion was increasing in influence; by the late 1960s the figure was less than 20%.