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TIL “Deep Blue”, one of the largest great white sharks ever filmed, is estimated to be 50 years old… and was (at the time) pregnant!

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6xPl TIL 14 year old gold medal Olympic gymnast Nadia Comaneci would go back to her home country of Romania only to become the sex slave of Nicu Ceausescu, the son of the dictator of that nation
bbrZ TIl Norway’s doctors still use floppy disks, apparently they’re more secure than modern alternatives.
49Gw TIL that the gender neutral term for a niece/nephew is a nibling, just like the gender neutral term for a brother/sister is a sibling.
BgpL TIL that a species of bird known as the Shrike impales all of its prey so that it can return and feed whenever it wants.
LQRgQ TIL the day after Robin Williams' suicide was announced, the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline saw the highest number of calls in a single day in its history with 7,500 (twice the normal number).