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TIL Quebec French swear words are based on words and expressions related to Catholicism

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Z4WB TIL that Killer whales bully, attack and sometimes kill Great White sharks and thus drive them away from certain areas. Scientist are looking into using Killer whales’ sounds in order to drive sharks off and make some coastal areas safer for beachgoers.
Wkm1L TIL Mexico was the only country to protest against the German annexation of Austria
KO6ER Today I Learned a Futurama writer with a PhD in applied math created a mathematical theorem just for the purpose of using it in a Futurama episode to expose young people to higher level math.
woKlP TIL that Emery is the third form of Corundum, after Sapphire and Ruby, is what Emery Boards are made of, and has been mined in Greece since antiquity.
9Y7dm TIL the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation donated $4M to help stop malaria in a plan to create genetically modified non-biting male mosquitoes released to mate with malaria-carrying wild females, giving birth to progeny that dies before reaching the human biting age.