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TIL Orcas cooperated with humans in Australia to catch whales. Humans would give the orcas the tongue and lips of a caught whale as payment.

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Brpex TIL Stephen King kept a severe alcohol and cocaine addiction hidden from his family for eight years. He claims he kept the addiction well-hidden but eventually, "...the books [started] to show it after a while. 'Misery' is a book about cocaine. Annie Wilkes is cocaine. She was my number-one fan."
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