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TIL harbor porpoises hunt small fish (3-10 cm) almost continuously day and night to meet their energy needs, catching up to 550 per hour with a prey capture success rate of over 90%.

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GAQd1 TIL that to get a shot at the World Championship, boxer Joe Louis had to agree to give up 10% of his earnings for the next decade, to the defending champion James J Braddock. This would earn Braddock and his manager $150,000.
pY9Gb TIL it is nearly impossible for people to achieve proficiency in a new language similar to that of a native speaker unless they start learning by the age of 10
nW5Dd TIL: WWF Wrestler Kurt Angle is an Olympic Gold Medalist
vAv8 TIL During the filming of the climactic flood scene in Noah’s Ark (1928), the great volume of water used was so overwhelming (600,000 gallons) that three extras drowned, one was so badly injured that his leg needed to be amputated, and a number suffered broken limbs and other serious injuries
8exoK TIL that after Winter War out of 5,572 soviet prisoners of war returned from Finland 4,354 were sentenced to imprisonment in labor camps and 232 executed