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TIL that sharks don’t make sounds. Across 400-500 species, no one has ever found an organ even capable of producing sound.

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vPJaL TIL: In 1874, the New York Herald caused widespread panic in NYC by reporting, under the headline "A Shocking Sabbath Carnival of Death," that animals had escaped from the Central Park Zoo, killing 49 people and injuring 200. The paper revealed only in the final paragraph that the story was a hoax.
BGnW TIL that the Great Pyramid of Giza used to be a pearly white because of its limestone covering.
PwQJ TIL of John Clem, a Union drummer boy during the American Civil War who shot a Confederate colonel who demanded his surrender. He was later promoted to sergeant becoming the youngest NCO in the history of the US Army.
yQDev TIL Berry College in Rome,GA (USA), is the largest contiguous college campus in the world, consisting of 27,000 acres.
6nRZ TIL Peter Mayhew (Chewbacca) required “Bigfoot Protection” while filming the Endor scenes in ROTJ incase he was mistaken by a hunter.