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TIL about the "52-hertz whale". A Whale of unknown species, that uses the unique frequence of 52 hertz for his calls, while other whales close to his migration pattern use frequences of 10-39 hertz. Therefore he never got an answer to his call and is considered to be the loneliest whale in the world

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