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TIL that hammerhead sharks can reproduce asexually, one of the few animals to have that ability

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9ZDX TIL that Killer Whales aren’t whales but a species of dolphin. The confusion stems from the Spanish, who called them “whale killers”.
168Pd TIL that after WWE wrestler Diamond Dallas Page went through a character change in late 2001, that being of a motivational over-the-top positive speaker, he would get his teeth whitened and got a facelift to fully commit to the new character.
xJBw TIL of a serial killer, the Doodler, who targeted gay men in 1970’s San Francisco. He would sketch his victims nude before murdering them. Though 3 victims survived, and a suspect was identified, none were willing to “out” themselves in open court in order to convict the suspect.
x4E5 TIL that the archived materials from Helen Keller’s life were destroyed by the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center.
0dpQj TIL there is a monastery in Florida constructed from remaining blocks from a dismantled monastery that was built in Spain in 1133 AD.