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TIL When whales die, there is a buildup of gas in the decomposition process. This, combined with the whales’ thick blubber, occasionally causes them to explode.

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nWNLW TIL that George Curzon, the future Viceroy of India, had a wealthy but miserable childhood which included a demented freak of a governess who made him wear a hat with cruel and hateful insults written on it in public.
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