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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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6EMKQ TIL Mortal Kombat co-creator and character designer John Tobias originally wanted the character of Liu Kang to resemble a traditional monk- bald and in robes - but wound up using Bruce Lee as his inspiration for the resemblance we see today
d8YjB TIL During the 1920s and 30s, Chrysotile was used and marketed as "artificial snow". It was sold under the brand names of "White Magic", "Pure White", and "Snow Drift". Another name for Chrysotile is White Asbestos.
NKV8 TIL that avocados used to be eaten by giant ground sloths and were saved from extinction by humans
k805 TIL Sonic Hedgehog is a protein critical to mammalian development. Its inhibitor? Robotnikinin.
QJjv6 TIL Mae Jemison, the first woman of colour to go into space, suffered from a fear of heights before embarking on the astronaut training that eventually led her to the Space Shuttle Endeavour in 1992