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TIL that Moby Dick was inspired by the sinking of the Nantucket whaler ‘Essex’ by an 85 foot sperm whale.

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OoYmR TIL that the moon's gravity affects the LHC's proton beam so much that it has to be compensated for during operation
e0XeD TIL about the 1969 book "Naked Came the Stranger", a literary hoax - the book was written to be disjointed and terrible, but full of sex scenes, to prove that any book could succeed if enough sex was thrown in. The novel spent 13 weeks on the New York Times Best-Seller List.
JY6Dm TIL If you consume even 15 thousandths of a gram of tellurium, your sweat and breath will smell of garlic for up to 8 months.
Y7Mwd TIL that the song "Who Let the Dogs Out" was actually performed by the Baha Men, not the Baja Boys, as I spent my entire life believing
kODNg TIL Coffee drinkers are 53 percent less likely to commit suicide, thought to be correlated to the dopamine released while coffee drinking.