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TIL that Killer Whales are not actually whales. They're dolphins.

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0wbKj TIL that in 1992, a cargo container containing over 28,000 plastic rubber ducks was lost at sea when it fell overboard on its way from Hong Kong to the United States. These ducks are still being found on shores all across the world in places such as Alaska and Australia.
X0ONP TIL France has 12 time zones. This is more than any other country.
7yAb TIL that at one time Pillsbury bought Burger King with the intention of fixing everything that was wrong with the then declining franchise. To turn things around they hired a McDonald’s executive and when his changes were implemented BK took off like a rocket.
vnVL TIL in 2000 a man looking for a barber chair at a garage sale purchased a two deteriorated boxes of items for $45. He later found the boxes contained 65 glass plate negatives from photographer Ansel Adams worth $200 million.
nWGvW TIL there were more than 100 reported cases of Human Sacrifice in India between 2014 and 2021.