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TIL that up to 90% of the Humpback whale population was eliminated during the whaling era.

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N7n0J TIL the famous HMS Terror shipwreck was finally discovered in 2016. The sealed captain's quarters could contain undeveloped 170 year old photos from the doomed arctic expedition.
8oVV TIL of a black New York pastor in 1947 who decided to travel to Alabama in a turban and with a fake accent, posing as a foreign dignitary. His disguise allowed him in white-only areas, and he was treated with little discrimination.
LQYWQ TIL the 2006 Robbie Williams album Rudebox underperformed so hard one million unsold copies of the album were sold to a Chinese company to be recycled and used as a road paving material.
W7gpd TIL some winds have names. They are recognized in certain parts of the world.
abvN TIL of Adrian Carton de Wiart who served in the Boer War, First World War, and Second World War; was shot in the face, head, stomach, ankle, leg, hip, and ear; survived two plane crashes and escaped a prisoner-of-war camp. He wrote, “Frankly I had enjoyed the war.”