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XEQrk TIL whale calves are born in the water and need to swim to the surface for their first breath - sadly, some of them don’t make it and drown.
5lbD TIL That during a concert in San Francisco in 1973, an audience member watching The Who played the drums for the band when Keith Moon passed out mid-show
al5o TIL In 1937 an anonymous article was published in India warning about the dictatorial tendencies of Nehru who would later become India’s first Prime Minister. It said “His conceit is already formidable. It must be checked. We want no Caesars”. It was later revealed that the author was Nehru himself.
4kKZJ TIL The James Bond film "Die Another Die" was boycotted in South Korea because of it's portrayal of North Korea
yQ4re TIL that Jean-Paul Sartre, Nobel prize winning philosopher, suffered a bad trip after using Mescaline, in which he thought he was menaced by sea creatures. For years following this, he consistently believed that he was being followed by lobsters.