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TIL there was a harbor seal capable of imitating basic human speech, mimicking his owner’s most uttered phrase: “Hey, get outta here!”

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xbp5 TIL of a remarkable gypsy (Sinti) boxer in Nazi Germany, who after beating an ‘Aryan,’ was threatened by the Nazis into throwing his next match. He came to that match with dyed blonde hair and whiteface and lasted five rounds. His name: Johann Trollmann
DVAr TIL: The monkey wrench was named using a purposeful misspelling of Moncky, the inventor’s last name.
N7R5E TIL In 2001 Shaquille O'Neal made a hip-hop album produced by Dr. Dre and others, that has never been released.
6EE1Q TIL about "Schrodinger's Timmy," a character who, due to inconsistencies between level designers, is both alive and undead in the Warcraft Universe.
nWeno TIL that Ted Fujita of tornado scale fame lived in a city slated to be atomic bombed. Nagasaki was chosen instead, and Fujita's research on the effects of the bombs helped him to understand downbursts and microbursts.