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TIL Throughout recorded history, a wild orca has never killed a human, even though they are capable of ending even a greath white shark. Captive orcas have however have killed 4 people, out of which 3 were done by the same specimen.

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69N4W TIL Arthur Ashe published a three-volume book in 1988 titled A Hard Road to Glory: A History of the African-American Athlete. He worked with researchers for nearly six years on the book and later stated that the book meant more to him than any of his tennis titles.
Me7N8 TIL that in the 60s, a small town in New Mexico built an underground elementary school capable of withstanding a 20-megaton nuclear blast.
vYZj TIL Karl Marx’s last words were “Go on, get out - last words are for fools who haven’t said enough.”
yQgJM TIL that Jorge Luis Borges, Blind Argentinean Author, unironically licked a library book once like Terezi Pyrope
JYkPB TIL a woman in a wheelchair won a treadmill on the Price is Right. When someone tweeted "I laughed but then felt bad", she replied "Don't feel bad. I feel great. I've been popping wheelies all day."