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TIL There’s a fish that can jump from the water and stab people at speeds up to 37 MPH with multiple human fatalities on record.

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kJj1E TIL in 1990 a truck driver jumped into a moat in an enclosure at the Detroit Zoo to save a chimpanzee from drowning when the chimp inexplicably jumped into the water. He said "Everyone in the whole place was just standing around watching this monkey drown", so he knew he had to do somethng about it.
5YpAD TIL In 2008 a Japanese bikini model was acquitted of trespass charges because a recreation of the alleged crime showed she couldn't have fit through the access hole because of her 44 inch breasts.
Laa9 TIL: Brian Blessed, finding the original voice actor Tony Goldwyn’s attempts rather lacking, convinced Disney to let him do the Tarzan Yell instead.
LAN0 TIL (then VP) Calvin Coolidge learned of President Harding’s death while visiting his parent’s home in Vermont. His father, a notary public, used a family bible to administer the oath of office to his son, swearing him in as President of the United States.
LQKX9 TIL Alexander Grothendieck, considered by many to be the greatest mathematician of the 20th century, attempted to live on dandelion soup after his retirement to a village at the foot of the Pyrenees. Local villagers had to help him with a more varied diet.