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Today I learned Jimi Hendrix had synesthesia; He could literally see the music

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XEVlQ TIL in 2007, biologists discovered a harpoon from the 1800s lodged in a 50-ton Bowhead whale, leading them to believe the whale was at least 115 years old. This would place the whale in the Victorian Era. The Bowhead is believed to live up to 200 years.
wJnJ TIL that when the author of Mary Poppins died she was such a miserable person that even her grandchildren reported that she “died loving no one and with no one loving her.”
JYL7B TIL the Mughal Emperors of India kept over 1,000 tamed cheetahs for use in hunting. Because cheetahs do not breed in captivity this caused their extinction in India.
nEKW TIL that Wikipedia banned the Church of Scientology from editing any articles!
VAL8 TIL that in South Korea, shoe sizes are just your foot length in millimetres