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TIL Orca whales...are actually dolphins.

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VMMEp TIL while on the run, Richard McNair, was staying at a motel and upon returning to his room he saw a SWAT team surrounding the building and decided to drive off, but later found out that the SWAT team was responding to a hostage situation, so he drove back and recorded the standoff with a camera.
Av6x TIL that Mount Everest has 4G LTE internet coverage and cellular service.
7rwpL TIL the same actor (Troy Gentile) plays the young version of Jack Black in both Tenacious D and Nachos Libre.
woJ5E TIL that Bridget Cleary, born 19 February 1869, was murdered by her husband on 15 March 1895. She was either immolated or set on fire immediately after death. The husband claimed that she had been abducted by fairies and replaced with a changeling, which he then killed.
VMD1k TIL — About 2,700 employees of 501(c)(3) nonprofits received annual compensation of more than $1 million in 2014, almost one-third more than in 2011. The study, conducted by the Wall Street Journal, analyzed IRS Form 990 Returns for nearly 100,000 organizations.