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TIL Whales of the same species speak in different dialects

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9wDAX TIL that actor Robert Reed hated playing Mike Brady on The Brady Bunch as he saw it as beneath his Shakespearean training. He often clashed with producers over the script. Despite this he got along very well with the rest of the cast and appeared in the show's spinoffs and sequels.
WkD18 TIL the last time Germany did not make an appearance at the FIFA World Cup was 1950, when it was banned from entering.
R5BA4 TIL that coffee in moderation can be beneficial in lowering uric acid buildup in the body and help in preventing gout, a 'disease of kings and the wealthy'.
JYKy4 TIL Germany started using jury trials the Middle Ages, but a constitutional crisis in 1924 led to an emergency decree abolishing juries and replacing them with the mixed system of judges and lay judges that is still used today.
e0KP6 TIL an article in 1968 revealed widespread marijuana use among US soldiers in Vietnam. As a result of the media uproar stateside and subsequent crackdown by the army, soldiers shifted to heroin, which was odorless and harder to detect. By 1973, up to 20% of the soldiers were habitual heroin users.