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TIL Killer Whales are actually dolphins. They were called Whale Killers by Spanish fishermen but were mistranslated as Killer Whales in English

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l7DyK TIL that in 1972, a military bagpipe version of Amazing Grace based on an arrangement by Judy Collins spent 5 weeks at number 1 in the UK, and resulted in the piper being chastised for demeaning the bagpipes
WkbPY TIL that, if strictly looking at yearly output of individual units of rubber tyres, Lego is the world's largest manufacturer of tyres (albeit toy wheels), compared to Bridgestone, Michelin, and Goodyear
neZgo TIL that despite what you've seen on TV countless times, you can't revive a flat-lining patient by shocking them. Defibrillation works but reorganizing the heart's electrical activity into a better rhythm, but a flat-lining patient doesn't have any electrical activity to organize.
BgGBb TIL that on average, civilizations last 336 years
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