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TIL that humans use to run their prey to death, called persistence hunting.

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pv4Z TIL in 2000, a Great White Shark was killed by an Orca off the coast of California. All other Great Whites in the area suddenly disappeared. A tagged Great White showed researchers that within 1 hour of the attack, the tagged shark dove to 500m and swam 4000 kilometers to Hawaii.
Rpl4 TIL That Samuel L. Jackson had ‘Bad Motherfucker’ engraved on the lightsaber he used in Star Wars.
YbaA TIL More than 55% of the Dutch people live outside of the Netherlands.
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