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TIL that Orcas/Killer Whales are “apex predators”, which means no other animal feeds on them.

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GY8dQ TIL- apples are not indigenous to North America, nor most of Europe. They originated in Kazakhstan, in central Asia east of the Caspian Sea. The capital of Kazakhstan, Alma Ata, means “full of apples.” By 1500 BC apple seeds had been carried throughout Europe
YyQ7 TIL: A 24 yr old woman was sentenced to 20 months in jail for sending abusive Facebook messages to herself from fake profiles she made for her father and his wife
ZYwo TIL that Puritans started a “War on Christmas” in the 17th Century, considering it hedonistic and heretical.
EgZRd TIL Rick James and Neil Young were in a band together Called the Mynah Birds.
9VrG TIL that Edwin Land invented the Polaroid camera when his three year old daughter asked him why she couldn’t see a photo he had taken of her right away.