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TIL no wild orca has ever killed a human.
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TIL that Stephen King has made large charitable donations without announcing them because he was “raised firmly to believe that if you give away money and you make a big deal of it so that everybody sees it, that’s hubris. (…) you’re not supposed to make a big deal about it.”
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TIL that the use of chimpanzees and other exotic animals in media makes the public think these animals aren't as endangered as they really are.
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TIL that in Japanese, ruiji means similar. So Luigi is just similar Mario.
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TIL DeForest Kelley, who played Dr McCoy in Star Trek, wanted to become a doctor, but couldn't afford medical school. He regularly received letters from fans who went into medicine because of him and said "to influence the youth of the country ... is an award that is not handed out by the industry"
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TIL about Elsie Eiler, who since her husband's death in 2004, has remained the sole resident of Monowi, Nebraska.