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TIL Orcas, or "killer whales," are actually dolphins.

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loKB TIL an Inuit man escaped a Canadian settlement by defecating in his hand and forming a knife then killing a dog and using its rib cage as a dog sled.
oB69r TIL that Gary, Indiana was named “America’s Most Miserable City”
awlYA TIL that Tolkien wrote yearly letters to his children as if they were from Father Christmas. They started off as simple Happy Christmas letters but grew more complex including a polar bear sidekick, the man on the moon, goblins, snow-elves, pictures, and he even developed an Arktik language.
5Pep TIL Eastern Airlines closed so suddenly in 1991 that thousands of passengers and crew were left stranded across the country as their connecting flights, or return flights, were suddenly cancelled.
vPRR8 TIL that some countries presume organ donor consent with a system known as 'opt-out'. Surprisingly, the only significant result (as of this 2019 study) has been a reduction in living organ donation