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TIL the orca (AKA killer whale) is a type of dolphin, and dolphins, in turn, are a class of whale.

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9w0Rp TIL: Besides witch trials, there was a Wizard trial in Lyon which saw mainly men sentenced to death. They planned to form a pact with Satan and use magic to find hidden treasure. This differed from the usual cases of curses.
p5pp TIL that the Beastie Boys coined the term “mullet” to refer to a hairstyle in 1994 in their song “Mullet Head”. No earlier use of the term “mullet” that refers to a hairstyle has been found.
rDJ4 TIL of the ‘Banana Massacre’ of 1928 where up to 3000 striking workers were murdered for United Fruit Company (Chiquita).
6E6aQ TIL the phenomenon of forgetting things when you enter a room is called "Doorway Effect". Crossing from one side of the door to the other side causes a mental block in your brain to erase the old memory and make a room to a new one
LGA9 TIL Louisiana State Penitentiary was founded as a slave plantation, and is still run as a prison farm to this day