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TIL that Male otters will hold their pups for ransom to force the mother to give up their food

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GNQJ TIL: Bill Gates is giving away all his money and leaving only 10m each to his 3 children so “they can make their own way.”
7r6RX TIL that the US uses customary units of measurement that, prior to 1959, were slightly bigger than the imperial system units. The Mendenhall Order established a set conversion rate between the US and metric systems, causing discrepancies with the imperial system over time.
Ql7d TIL that director Bryan Singer had convinced the main cast of The Usual Suspects that they were all Keyser Soze. The cast didn’t find out the twist ending until the first screening. Gabriel Byrne was so stunned, he yelled at Singer for half an hour.
D175r TIL that Sam LLoyd, or Ted from Scrubs, was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor in january which had metastasized from his lungs. Further scans showed that the cancer was also in his liver, spine, and jaw. The news just came weeks after he and his wife received their first child.
Vowp TIL that Ayn Rand, the author of Atlas Shrugged, died while being mostly alone, stricken by poverty and sickness of post lung-cancer and relying on public welfare and assistance programs, such as Social Security and Medicare.