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TIL whales are getting sun burns due to a weakened ozone layer

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8Ab8 TIL that Hitler never regarded the Chinese and Japanese as inferior to the Aryans. He thought that “their past history was superior to our own”
9Y47r TIL the largest electric vehicle on Earth, a monster dump truck, never has to recharge because it moves uphill empty but downhill full, and regenerative braking with a full load provides enough electricity for it to go uphill again.
KY8o4 TIL that the word "juvenile" refers to any child, not just to children who have committed crimes.
8ZX4 TIL that Chris Evans was paid around $300,000 to star in Captain America: The First Avenger and that Chris Hemsworth made $150,000 initially for appearing in Thor. Robert Downey Jr. made $500,000 for the first Iron Man.
GY0y5 TIL that up until 1912, Americans could place an order in the Sears catalog and receive a syringe, two needles, and two vials of heroin in a handsome carrying case from the German pharmaceutical company Bayer for $1.50