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TIL 20,000 whales are killed yearly by ships

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LkYRr TIL scientists applied Einstein's Theory of Relativity to Luke and Leia's journeys to Cloud City in Empire Strikes Back and calculated that Leia would be nearly two years older than Luke
WkyW4 TIL: Ozzy Osbourne from Black Sabbath once fell asleep during a driving test, waking up to a note saying 'you have failed'. He passed in 2009, age 60, on his 19th attempt.
KYOy9 TIL there is baseball for the blind, called "Beep Baseball" where the baseballs beep and the bases buzz so the blind players can find them.
16Rjd TIL that London's M25 motorway loop is broken at the River Thames, where it becomes the less restricted A282 in order to allow non-motorway traffic to use the Dartford Crossing
pLEN TIL - A guy amended a credit card contract to include 0% interest and an unlimited credit line and large fees to be paid to him if the bank didn’t uphold it. The bank agreed to the terms, then later tried to cancel his account. A judge upheld the amended contract.