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TIL that beluga whales can mimic human speech, and have caused divers to inadvertently surface due to them mimicing commands to surface

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jZyj TIL that during the Korean War a ship designed to carry 12 passengers saved more than 14,000 refugees in a single mission.
8axeP TIL of Helen Gandy who was Edgar Hoover's secretary for 54 years. The day of his death, she resigned and destroyed all of his personal FBI files that he used to manipulate key Washington figures.
O6ng TIL Beethoven, after the first performance of Symphony No. 9, had to be turned around to receive the audience’s roaring applause due to his near complete deafness.
16gBD TIL: American Horse Meat is considered a delicacy in Japan and sells for as much per pound as Veal.
BbAL TIL of Theophrastus Phillipus Auroleus Bombastus von Hohenheim, a physician from the 15th century who said “All things are poisonous and nothing is without poison; only the dose makes a thing not poisonous”. He is regarded as the father of toxicology.