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TIL Orcas are dolphins

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bRAj TIL the French term for Brass Knuckles is “poing américain”, which literally translates to “American fist”
gM86A TIL Buddy Holly & The Crickets were the first white band to play at the Apollo Theater in Harlem, being mistaken for the R&B group The Crickets. Booked for six nights, the crowd began at first to boo, but by the third night the band had won the them over.
OG59e TIL that in the 17th century, tulip bulb futures became incredibly valuable in the Netherlands. At the peak of the craze, a single tulip bulb sold for the value of a nice house.
QLKL TIL the incantation Uncle recites in Jackie Chan Adventures (Yu Mo Gui Gwai Fai Di Zao) translates to “Spirits, demons, ghosts, monsters, quickly leave.”
yVow8 TIL: That after watching males succeed at a series of puzzling tasks, female birds traded their simple-minded beaus for more cognitively competent partners.