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

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xVZK7 TIL in early 1990s, Looney Tunes & DC Comics were originally included as themed areas in of what is now Universal's Islands of Adventure. Issues over royalties between Warner Bros. & Universal Studios killed the plans after Universal CEO Sid Sheinberg told WB "we don’t need your f*cking characters."
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QNrLL TIL Hitler so detested modern art that he ordered Goebbels to open a "degenerate art" gallery of works seized by the SA to show the German people what he was "saving" them from. The concept backfired, and Goebbels had to go to great lengths to discourage the pieces from being admired by guests.
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Z8Mg4 TIL Hitchens's Razor: "What can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence," a dictum coined by antitheist Christopher Hitchens.