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TIL there are no documented cases of wild orca whales attacking humans...and that orcas are...dolphins?!

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b9Gwj TIL the person who coined the derogatory term "patent troll" to criticize those who abuse patents through litigation is now a founding/managing partner of Intellectual Ventures, the "most hated company in tech" and largest of all the patent trolls.
p8DLe TIL Jim Varney appeared in-character as Ernest P. Worrell entertaining the press corps at the White House
69grl TIL famous actor James Dean only starred in 3 films before his death in 1955.
awpPy TIL that murderer Jessie Dimmick, while running from the police, broke into a couple's house and held them at knifepoint. After he fell asleep, they left and told the police of his location. Dimmick then sued them for $235,000 for breach of contract, saying they had promised not to call the police.
4XRjJ TIL that the pyramids were not built by slaves but by well-nourished, payed workers