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

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9Ybl7 TIL that negative probability exist and were discovered in 1942. Although highly criticized at first, they are now the bases of quantum mechanics and risk neutral probabilities in finance.
Y7plP TIL that during World War II, USAAF Col. Paul Tibbetts was frustrated with his pilots complaining about how hard it was to fly the new B-29 bomber. He arranged for two women WASP pilots to be trained on the big plane and had them fly it around the country just to shame the men. It worked.
Qv0M TIL that recording artist MOBY gave himself that stage name because his great-great-great-uncle was Heman Melville, author of Moby Dick.
d8yQr TIL 50 Cent recorded an album that wasn't officially released
g4Kb TIL that the reason Sir Christopher Lee does not speak in the 1966 film Dracula: Prince of Darkness is because he thought the lines for Dracula were so appalling that he refused to say them