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TIL there has not been a single occurrence of a wild killer whale killing a human

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9YQkp TIL the Manhattan Project scientists originally wanted to bomb Kyoto, but Secretary of War Henry Stimson successfully convinced the president that it would be needless culture vandalism, as he had toured the city on his honeymoon and knew it was not a military target.
QgbE TIL that there was a real team of Jewish assassins who hunted down Nazi war criminals to avenge the Holocaust.
wLgJo TIL that one can, after surgery, have their amputated limbs, digits, etc. cremated after surgery and bring it/them home.
OoKM6 TIL a producer on Family Ties felt Michael J. Fox was too short for the role and tried to have him replaced saying “this isn’t the face you'll see on a lunch-box." Fox later gave him a custom-made lunch-box with the inscription "this is for you to put your crow in. Love and Kisses, Michael J. Fox.”
WkyY9 TIL of Frank Gusenberg, he died of 14 gunshot wounds a few hours after he was shot during the St. Valentine's Day Massacre. When asked who shot him, he replied " No one...nobody shot me." His last words were "I ain't no copper."