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TIL Orca whales...are actually dolphins.

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BrJkD TIL Gilbert Grosvenor boosted the circulation of National Geographic from 1,000 to 2 million in 1899 by discarding the magazine’s format of short, overly technical articles for articles of general interest accompanied by photographs
XEKwQ TIL that Gershon Legman (who coined the phrase "Make love, not war") categorised 3780 sex positions
4XxXo TIL that the French prime minister insisted that his cabinet watch the film La Haine (Hate)
yV7JJ TIL that the Vickers VC10 held the record for the fastest Atlantic crossing at 5 hours and 1 minute for 41 years, until a British Airways Boeing 747 surpassed it in 2020 with a time of 4 hours and 56 minutes.
VBEkm TIL that before 1950 Chickens were largely grown by Farming Wives as a sideline, and Americans ate no more than 6 birds per year per person. Post 1950, chicken farming became industrialized. Now the average American household eats Chicken 3-4 times a week for a total of 30 birds per year per person.