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TIL that Great White Sharks have complex social structures, with their own clans, hierarchies and methods of resolving disputes.

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y99a TIL a Russian mathematician solved a 100 year old math problem; he declined the Fields medal, $1 million in awards, and later retired from math because he hated the recognition the math community gives to people who prove things.
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