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TIL that Great White Sharks are not actually apex predators as they are preyed upon by orcas

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eOQ6 TIL Hitler had a relative called “Paddy Hitler” who ended up joining the US Navy, where, along with all recruits, he had to fill out a form listing any relatives who might be fighting for the enemy.
5YBDk TIL Chinese author Ding Ling wrote a short story called "Miss Sophia's Diary" in 1927. Much of the diary concerns Miss Sophia's romantic attraction and sexual desire, and even reveals her bisexuality. The story is considered a landmark in the evolving role of women in China during the Republican era
kOJMd TIL during the exceptionally cold winter of 1795, a French Hussar regiment captured the Dutch fleet on the frozen Zuiderzee, a bay to the northwest of the Netherlands. The French seized 14 warships and 850 guns. This is one of the only times in recorded history where calvary has captured a fleet.
0w0KN TIL award winning film critic Roger Ebert created the Boulder Pledge. A commitment to never buy anything offer from spam email or to forward spam or chain emails.
rD1e TIL of psychologist David T Lykken’s proposal that having kids should be licensed, and that being unmarried, financially unstable, and having poor health were factors against being given permission to breed.