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TIL Seagulls actually prey on live whales by picking out pieces of flesh

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Ola TIL the ancient Sumerians had 2 (grammatical) genders - human and nonhuman - and that the “human” gender included men, women, gods….. and statues.
kg4E TIL Dave Grohl tried to quit Nirvana once, after he overheard Kurt Cobain calling him a ‘shitty drummer’, but was convinced to stay by the bands manager
BnJk TIL a Survey of U.S. States Found More Mentally Ill Persons Are in Jails and Prisons Than Hospitals
QNAQ9 TIL that during the filming of Apocalypse Now (1979), lead actor Martin Sheen had a near fatal heart attack. This led to his brother, Joe Estevez, being a stand in for several scenes, as well as doing the voiceover narration for the film as he sounded nearly identical to his brother Martin
Eg4Zx TIL there are so many Thai restaurants in the USA because the Thai government paid for them.