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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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mx0QY TIL that looks are so important in elections that children have a great success rate of picking victors just from photos of the candidate's faces.
nBvo TIL while filming 1960’s Oceans Eleven, Sammy Davis Jr. had to stay at a colored only hotel. Frank Sinatra confronted the hotel owners on Davis’ behalf, and they relented, helping to break down the color barrier in Las Vegas.
R7Ov7 TIL Luis Vitton burn any excess stock at the end of each year to main exclusivity, theft and avoid discount prices
VbWG TIL During the filming of “Groundhog Day”, Harold Ramis and Bill Murray’s longtime collaboration and friendship ended abruptly, without public explanation. Except for a few words at a wake, and later at a bar mitzvah, the two men did not speak for almost 20 years.
d8nYK TIL that neon nail polish is not legal in the U.S. This is because the FDA has not approved the chemicals used in them and because companies do not want to register these new chemicals since it would be too expensive. This is why neon nail polish available in the U.S is actually imported.