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TIL A Blue Whale Eats 1 million calories on average daily

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R7Ayw TIL Africa is reputed to be the most complex multilingual part of the world with over 2,086 indigenous languages. Consequently, most adult Africans are multilingual in their mother tongue, another indigenous and/or a widely spoken African language, and the language of their former colonizer
mxExo TIL that the man who played Captain Byron Hadley (the brutal lead prison guard from "The Shawshank Redemption") is the also the voice of Mr. Krabbs.
VMnkQ TIL there has never been a substantiated claim that Walt Disney was anti-Semitic. In fact, a lot of Walt Disney's money was donated to Jewish charities, and the most influential people in his company were Jewish.
5YlGp TIL Sublime made 40oz. to Freedom by sneaking into the music department at CSU-Dominguez Hills after hours and recording all night.
KYbYE TIL that in 1957, "Babycham" was the first alcoholic product to be advertised on British commercial television. The drink is a sparkling alcoholic cider made from pears, and was marketed as a "genuine champagne perry".