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TIL that beached whales can die by their skeleton collapsing under their own weight, causing the ribs to compress and subsequent asphyxiation

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AD9Kg TIL an undercover officer was led on a chase of a suspicious person. A CCTV officer used cameras to tell him where the suspect was at throughout the chase. After 20 minutes they discovered that the "suspect" was actually the undercover officer chasing himself at the direction of the CCTV officer.
X5RR TIL the minimum number of people to populate a space colony with minimum inbreeding is 160.
9oeQ TIL Tony Hawk was hyperactive as a child. His parents had him psychologically evaluated only to find out he was a genius with an I.Q. of 144. Skateboarding became his outlet for his excessive energy and a couple years later he went professional at age 14.
JOn1 TIL of a disease called Adermatoglyphia, where people are born without fingerprints. It is exceedingly rare, affecting only four known extended families worldwide.
eXvb TIL In 1996 as a hoax, Taco Bell printed in six major American newspapers that it had bought The Liberty Bell and was renaming it The Taco Liberty Bell.