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TIL that a blue whale's tongue can weigh as much as an elephant.

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68dm TIL the organ seen in the ballroom on the original Haunted Mansion ride at Disneyland is actual organ played by Captain Nemo in 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.
mxVKO TIL that comedian Rodney Dangerfield's tombstone bears the inscription "There goes the neighborhood."
GMPN TIL Adolphe Sax (inventor of the saxophone) survived a three story fall, a gunpowder explosion, drinking a bowl of sulfuric water, a near-poisoning due to furniture varnish, and falling into a speeding river - all before the age of nine. His neighbors called him “little Sax, the ghost.”
ANkyn TIL of Abraham Leeman, shipwrecked off Australia in 1658, travelled 2500 km then walked the full length of the south coast of Java through jungle and marauding tigers to finally arrive in Batavia after 5 arduous months
x6AnD TIL that Ireland offers tax exemptions or reductions to writers, artists, composers, painters, and other cultural contributors. It's a recognition of their valuable contribution to culture.