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TIL Beluga Whales have squishy heads

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d9mZ TIL bottom shelf alcohol has a mark up of 1,200% at restaurants and bars.
d8ax9 TIL Drowsy driving is as dangerous as Drunk driving.
PYRlJ TIL Church's Fried Chicken was a major supporter of chess in the 1970s, with the San Antonio Church's Fried Chicken Inc. 1st International Chess Tournament in 1972 being considered one of the most important chess tournaments on American soil.
p8WAe TIL that teaching social and emotional skills in school, such as self-management and relationship skills, can result in up to 11 percentile point improvement in academic achievement.
nWWW9 TIL that in 1889 the US Congress created a committee with two members known as the "Committee on Disposition of Useless Executive Papers." Its job was to discard papers both members agreed weren't important and report why they weren't important. This later was replaced by the National Archives.