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TIL Great White Sharks Are Completely Terrified of Orcas. A new study shows the apex predators will flee their hunting grounds and won’t return for up to a year when killer whales pass by.

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9wkGD TIL:A billionaire spent decades giving away his fortune so he could die broke.
YpZWP TIL that it's illegal to die in Longyearbyen, Svalbard (Norway) because dead bodies weren't decomposing properly because of how far north it is. If someone is dying, every effort will be made to ship them to the mainland.
QNGLp TIL that in an unrivaled capacity to taunt the enemy US Army General Matthew Ridgway would stand in the middle of a road under heavy artillery fire and urinate to demonstrate his contempt for German accuracy. Aides and fellow generals repeatedly begged him to abandon this bravado. He ignored them.
yk4l TIL there are a series of tiny “fairy doors” built into dozens of buildings in Ann Arbor, MI, and now have a cult following in the area
8x1a TIL a woman who ordered pizza everyday for 3 years straight was saved by a delivery woman when she failed to place a order for 3 days.