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

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XEkwQ TIL the reason why clocks run clockwise. They do because in the Northern hemisphere that's how sundials cast shadow
BrPwK TIL Arnold, the main character from Hey Arnold! on Nickelodeon was first introduced on Pee Wee's Playhouse as a claymation character, appearing in three animated shorts in 1988
JYjaV TIL that on October 24, 1975 an estimated 90 percent of women of Iceland participated a “women’s day off” to demonstrate the value of their work, both paid and unpaid. Fathers had little choice but to bring their children to work or stay home themselves, leading them to call it “the long Friday.”
4xL5 TIL that It was rumored that the Apple Inc. logo had a bite taken from it to represent the poison apple that computer scientist and mathematician, Alan Turing, allegedly laced with cyanide to kill himself with. The designer has said, it wasn’t, but “It’s a wonderful urban legend.”
6EpQw TIL that undercover FBI agent Joseph Pistone led to over 200 indictments and over 100 convictions of Mafia members. The man who introduced Pistone to the Mafia was murdered for having allowed an FBI agent to infiltrate the family; he was shot dead and his hands were cut off.