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TIL that orca (aka "killer whale") is actually the largest kind of dolphin

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b91ba TIL it is illegal for teachers to strike in 38 states in the US
9Yymm TIL The farthest distance that a lost pet dog has found his way home occurred in 1979 when Jimpa, a labrador/boxer cross, turned up at his old home in Pimpinio, Victoria, Australia after walking 3,218 km (2,000 miles) across Australia.
b6gG0 TIL Technically, you are never really "touching" anything because almost everything repel each other. When you are sitting in a chair, you are actually hovering above it at an unbelievably small distance.
RpL8 TIL the sister city of Boring, Oregon is Dull, Scotland
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