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TIL Singapore was forced into independence against their will
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TIL that in 2010 in the United States, 3 out of every 5 people who died from gunshot wounds took their own life
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TIL: stalking predators, whether mammals or birds, tend to have yellow or light-colored irises, whereas predators that run after their prey, and prey-species themselves, tend to be dark-eyed
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TIL The Strap-toothed Whale is so named because males have flat tusks that grow backwards over their beaks toward their heads at a 45 degree angle, making it impossible for them to open their mouths more than a few centimeters.
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TIL All shellac (78 rpm) and Vinyl (16, 33 and 45 rpm) records start their information from the outside, spinning to the inside. Every other form of spinning data records created since then (floppy discs, hard drives, LaserDiscs, CD, DVD) records from the inside to the outside.
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TIL The Padmanabhaswamy Temple in India has approximately $19 Billion worth of gold and precious stones kept in 8 onsite vaults. One vault is still unopened and what’s kept inside is still unknown.