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TIL that Blue whales are among the loudest animals on the planet, and might hear each other up to 1,000 miles away.

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0y9M TIL that Americans consistently overestimate blacks and Hispanics’ share of the US population. They estimate on average that 33% are black and 29% Hispanic when the true figure is less than 13% for each.
wPX6 TIL in 1953, a North Korean fighter pilot defected to South Korea with his MiG-15 and was rewarded $100,000 from the United States.
4XjPX TIL Contrary to the popular joke, France is actually the most successful military power in history.
QNndL TIL of “the Bill chill”, the hesitation to speak out against Bill Gates or the Gates Foundation in research and journalism, for fear of repercussion.
0weA1 TIL that cosmic dust, micro-meteor remnants from the birth of our solar system, falls all over the world at a rate of 4,000 tons annually. We literally eat it, inhale it and live in it every day.