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TIL whales are descended from land mammals, and their closest living relative is the hippopotamus.

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78g5b TIL that there’s 1,300 massive toxic waste sites on the EPA’s National Priorities List (NPL) and 42,000 more on the non-NPL list. That’s 2+ toxic waste incidents in all 19,400 cities, towns and villages in the US, on average!!
X004D TIL that the earliest Sony Walkman models had two separate headphone jacks labeled "guys" and "gals" so you could share your music with others and not come off as being antisocial.
4kKpo TIL that Spain has its own territory in Africa (next to Morocco)
E1XY7 TIL Henry Hans Ernst Marwede, German pilot who fought against the Allies during WW1, was decorated with the Iron Cross, could not accept the rise of Nazism and went to France, avoided internment by joining the Foreign Legion, and sided with the Allies in WW2.
QJ99 TIL Dave Hester, from Storage Wars, trademarked the phrase “YUUUP!”, and he sued a rapper for saying it.