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TIL that somewhere in the sea there are about seventy five battles per minute between colossal squid and sperm whales

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VleQ TIL that a state judge in Jim Crowe Alabama sacrificed his career in order to grant a new trial to a black teenager falsely accused of rape.
Zpv84 TIL that in the 1920s, a "Computer" was a job title for women who performed complex mathematical calculations by hand, essential for astronomical research and engineering projects before the advent of modern computers. These women made significant contributions to science and technology.
Lk1ZQ TIL the infamous 18 1/2 minute gap in the Nixon tapes was not one gap, but five to nine separate erasures. The tape is preserved in the National Archives in the hope we may someday recover what was erased.
woVrP TIL Ronald Reagan started eating Jelly Belly's to quit smoking and kept it up so much that during his terms as President he would have more than 300 thousand jelly beans shipped to the White House each month
kyAE TIL: Women who live in areas with polluted air are up to twice as likely to have an autistic child than those with cleaner air