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TIL that the Shortfin Mako Shark, the world’s fastest shark, can leap approximate 30 feet high or higher in the air.

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ZLjp TIL that Comedy Central changed the Futurama line “Let’s all join the Reform Party” to “Let’s all join the Tea Party” in syndication and the re-released DVDs. The original DVDs, the Fox version, the Adult Swim version, and the Netflix version have the original “Reform Party” line.
Dj9e TIL that the Orthodox Church “urges people to spit on” members of the LGBT community
RG1j TIL that while American white women got the vote in 1920, First Nations women didn’t get it until 1924, Asian American women didn’t get it ‘til 1952, and African America women not until 1964.
x6vZ7 TIL in Eastern Canada 1923 is known as “The year of free beef”. When the Maritimes changed from driving on the left to the right hand side of the road, oxen could not be retrained to walk on the right side and so were sent to slaughter causing a precipitous decline in beef price.
VMgjp TIL Greek poet Hipponax was so good at insulting people that some of them killed themselves