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TIL Orcas wear dead salmon as hats.

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Lywd TIL that Leonard Nimoy (the man that is famous for playing Spock) performed a slightly bizarre and extremely campy song called The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins. It was followed by a campaign to cast him as Aragorn in a live-action rendition of Lord of the Rings.
eJN5 TIL that a person can actually die from insomnia. It starts with only getting a few hours of sleep and progresses, eventually producing psychosis and becoming fatal
awAxA TIL all "warranty void if removed" stickers are illegal in the US since 1975
nPmo TIL that each year, there are more than 35,000 low-income high school seniors that score in the 90th percentile on the ACT or SAT but never make it to college.
p84JO TIL Albatross seabirds can live over 50 years & mate when they’re 5-years-old. They stay with the same partner for 45+ years making it among the longest relationships in the animal world.