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TIL: Jacques Cousteau described the oceanic whitetip as “the most dangerous of all sharks.” The oceanic whitetip is suspected to be responsible for many fatal shark bites on humans, as a result of predation on survivors of shipwrecks or downed aircraft.

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6E8xW TIL Count Juan Raphael Dante, a director of the US Karate Association until 1962, didn't like the focus on ceremony, tradition, and protocol, over "effectiveness", so he created the "Dance of Death" system, taught in a mail-order booklet, World's Deadliest Fighting Secrets, advertised in comic books
GYaKg TIL in 1919 Cleveland Indians pitcher Ray Caldwell was struck by lightning with one out remaining in a game, and after regaining consciousness, recorded the final out to win it.
WkjPN TIL Dirk Obbink got a MacArthur genius grant for reassembling papyrus scrolls carbonized by the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in A.D. 79, but then got fired from Oxford Uni for allegedly fraudulently selling biblical papyri belonging to the Egypt Exploration Society as his own for millions of dollars.
VRk TIL that Ook, the owl that played Hedwig, was the first actor cast in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.
YpBdv TIL Turkey was planning a TV show where a rabbi, a Buddhist monk, an Orthodox priest, and an imam attempt to convert 10 atheists each week, with any converts offered a free pilgrimage to one of the four holy sites. The Diyanet denied permission for an imam to appear and the program was cancelled.