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TIL that killer whales/orcas are the apex predator of the ocean, not great white sharks.

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OO8R TIL that one of the hikers who found “Ötzi,” a 5000 year old mummy buried in ice in the Alps, was found dead, buried in ice, after a hiking accident in 2004. He is one of 7 people linked to the mummy to have died within the same year.
W87X TIL there’s a philosophical razor called “Newton’s Flaming Laser Sword,” which states that what cannot be settled by experiment is not worth debating. It is said to be “much sharper and more dangerous than Occam’s Razor”
GY7d5 TIL the Amish have such a high birth rate (average of 7 children per family) they are among the fastest-growing populations in the world.
kle1 TIL in 1943 Packard Motors promoted 3 blacks to work next to whites on the assembly line causing 25,000 workers to walk off the job.
7Nbb TIL in 1759 Arthur Guinness, founder of Guinness beer, leased an old unused brewery for £45 per year… for 9,000 YEARS.