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TIL Killer Whales are the apex predator of the sea. They can kill any other sea creature, including the Great White Shark, with a technique of flipping the shark upside down until it suffocates. Killer whales have minds of their own, high intelligence, and have no competition in the sea.

KOvM4 TIL A "Wellerism" is an expression that comedically uses a saying in the wrong situation, such as "We'll have to rehearse that, said the undertaker as the coffin fell out of the car." or "So I see, said the blind carpenter as he picked up his hammer and saw."
KYmrE TIL Arthur Wharton, born Ghana, 1865, became the 100 yard world record holder for 30 years, the world's first professional black soccer player, a cycling champion, a professional cricketer and then a top level rugby player. He died penniless in 1930 and was buried in an unmarked paupers grave.
OoLP4 TIL producer J Dilla chopped up an early 1960's song to make it say, "light up the spliffs" (0:51)
xV7LB TIL that in 1978, an inspection of a damaged U.S. Navy ship revealed the remnants of claws from the tentacles of a giant squid. The claws were much larger than any that had been seen by scientists, indicating that the squid was of a size substantially greater than any that had been documented.
Zra4 TIL that the “Great Pyramid” was constructed using approx. 2.3 million stones, each weighing between 2.5-15 tons. In order to finish the “Great Pyramid” in 23 years, the workers would have to set a block every 2.5 minutes, every day of the week for 23 years using no wheels, pulleys or work animals.