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TIL in 2021 a lobster diver off the coast of Cape Cod was swallowed entirely by a Humpback whale and after 30-40 seconds spat back out, surviving with non-life-threatening injuries.

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Wk1MY TIL the United States has had a Vice President who was Native American. Charles Curtis served as VP under Herbert Hoover from 1929-33. His mother was of mixed Native heritage, and he grew up with his maternal grandparents on the Kaw Reservation in Kansas.
LOeV TIL that when the Czech Republic conducted their 2011 census, their government discovered that 15,070 Czechs had listed their religious beliefs as “Jedi”
XE4D8 TIL Bill Murray attended a showing of the Groundhog Day musical and then returned the next day to see the show again.
7rYeO TIL A Tribe Called Quest hasn’t made a penny off of “Can I Kick It?” Lou Reed took 100% of all royalties and publishing because the song sampled the bass line from his hit “Walk on the Wild Side.”
9YoGp TIL that an 18 year old girl was convinced by a boy she met online, who claimed to be a multi-millionaire, to kill her best friend. She then convinced 4 others to help her murder her best friend to split a $9 million dollar prize.