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TIL Dwarf sperm whales are about 9 feet long and can release a huge cloud of red "ink" to evade predators

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eZxL TIL of an actor named Del Close who died in 1999. In his will he bequeathed his skull to a local theatre so he could still play the part of Yorick, a dead court jester, in productions of Hamlet. However, no one wanted to remove his head after death, robbing him of one of his final wishes.
KOZMB TIL when the movie The Death of Sta lin got banned in Russia, 58% of Russians from a poll by Public Research Center said they would watch the movie if the ban were lifted. The movie has been illegally downloaded around 1.5 million times over there
j5Av TIL The longest siege of a capital city in the history of modern warfare was the siege of Sarajevo (1992-1996)
JYJK1 TIL that while filming Live and Let Die in New York, the producers of James Bond were reportedly required to pay protection money to a local Harlem gang to ensure the crew's safety. When the money ran out, they were forced to leave.
W44o TIL the Bobtail Squid stores bioluminescent bacteria in its underbelly that emits the same amount of light that shines on top of it, making its shadow disappear and rendering it invisible to predators below: ultimate camouflage.