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TIL that gangs of dolphins are know to stalk and brutally kill porpoises. For absolutely no reason at all.

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X00p8 TIL that Spongebob Squarepants is the species of sponge known as Aplysina fistularis or "yellow tube sponge"
pjeb TIL: A Electrician built a motorcycle out of a car to escape the Sahara desert.
MeRNm TIL if the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs arrived just 30 seconds later, it would have landed in deep ocean water which would have absorbed much of the force of the impact. The resulting extinction would have been less severe, many dinosaur species would have survived, and humans would not exist
p8pwp TIL about Dorothy Kilgallen, a journalist who claimed to have inside information about the death of JFK. She was drafting a chapter about JFK's death in her book when in 1965, she was found dead in her apartment under suspicious circumstances. All copies of Kilgallen's drafts were never found.
8mla TIL in 2010 the FBI planned to raid Scientology’s headquarters. Drone aircraft had gathered hi-res images of the site and the tail numbers of Tom Cruise’s airplane were on file in case David Miscavige tried to flee. The raid never occurred due to an alleged halt from the upper ranks of Washington.