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TIL the lifespan of blue whales is estimated by their earwax, which builds up in seasonal cycles somewhat like the rings of a tree.

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JMNj TIL despite most of the them being right-handed, 70% of Canadian hockey players use left-handed sticks. This is the opposite of US players (70% righty sticks)… and no one knows why.
loGwN TIL the song "867-5309/Jenny" produced a glut of prank calls to unlucky folks who happened to have that phone number across the country
OG6J7 TIL of the skydiver who survived a free-fall of 14500 feet by falling on an anthill. The bites of the ants kept her heart beating and adrenaline pumping
vPPNx TIL about the movie "Saved from the Titanic," released just 31 days after the disaster. It starred an actress who'd been aboard the ship and wore the clothes she'd worn the night it sank. Reportedly traumatized by reliving the tragedy, she quit acting soon after. The film was lost in a 1914 fire.
p8ZVZ TIL that the man who played the first zombie in the video for Michael Jackson's Thriller, as well as the zombie whose arm falls off, is a makeup and special effects designer who went on to help create Daft Punk's famous helmets, amongst other things