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TIL: In 2010 a Filipino mayor had giant statues of Mary and Jesus installed underwater to discourage the widespread use of cyanide and explosives for harvesting fish

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vPVGR TIL about Porphyrios, a giant whale who used to harass and destroy Byzantine ships near Constantinople during VI century. Active for more than 50 years, nobody managed to catch him, not even emperor Justinian I.
j6ybR TIL Aroldis Chapman's 105 mph pitch isn't the fastest of all time. When Nolan Ryan played, pitches weren't clocked until they were 10 feet from the plate. So with the proper adjustments, if thrown today, Ryan's 100.9 mph pitch (in the 9th inning) in 1974 would've clocked at about 108.5 mph.
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