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TIL that The sperm whale is the largest of the toothed whales and the largest toothed predator.

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KYdVR TIL Bill Haast has the record for surviving the most deadly snake bites at 172. Haast disliked the record because being bitten was not something to be admired for. Haast's immunity has led to his blood being used as anti-venom substitutes and saved more than 20 lives.
LQgeQ TIL the length of the great wall of China is 21,196 km, earth’s circumference is 40,075 km. so Great Wall of China goes half way around the world if it was in a straight line
KNn4 TIL that the “there are people starving in Africa so your suffering is invalid” argument has a name: Fallacy of relative privation
neAPP TIL according to the payroll records of the French monasteries, a significant minority of the names were female. The medieval church was sexist, but women as well as men built the cathedrals.
ANZMg TIL: Lulu (To Sir With Love) had a BBC-TV show in 1968. Her guest once was Jimi Hendrix. He was to perform Hey Joe, and she would join in. Earlier that day the group Cream announced they had broke up. Jimi switched midstream, live on TV, to Sunshine of Your Love. He was banned from BBC-TV.