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TIL that whales evolved from Pakicetus, a land mammal roughly the size of a wolf or large dog.

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1a57X TIL that in Kenya, elephant poop is being used to make paper. Elephants poop up to 50 kg a day which can produce 125 sheets of paper.
OGAb7 TIL because Kid Rock refused to sell his music on iTunes until 2012, his 2008 hit "All Summer Long" was out-charted on the Billboard Hot 100 by an instrumental cover from the karaoke company Hit Masters (the songs peaked at #23 and #19, respectively).
D1ogY TIL of a bacterium that does photosynthesis without sunlight. Instead it uses thermal "black-body" radiation. It was discovered in 2005 on a deep-sea hydrothermal vent, at a depth of 2400 m, in complete darkness.
kOARd TIL that Bob Graham's (38th Governor of Florida) political campaign included performing a full eight-hour workday of the various jobs that Floridian voters held. Starting in 1974, and totaling 408 workdays, jobs he worked included being a teacher, police officer, busboy, and construction worker.
gMQJA TIL CDs actually made good money in the old days (this is interesting/shocking as a millennial)