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TIL, in a rare case of mutualism, a pod of Orcas in Australia would help hunt, capture, and kill Baleen whales.

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M7Xj8 TIL that, in June 1947, Kenneth Arnold became the first person to describe seeing a “Flying Saucer”, popularizing the common image of alien spaceships
e8X5 TIL the sunken wreck of a long-lost Second World War submarine, thought to contain the bodies of 71 servicemen sealed inside its airtight chambers, has been found by divers off the coast of Sardinia
X0Kj TIL That during the Mohammed Cartoon controversy in 2005, Iran threatened to start an International Holocaust Cartoon competition.
nW7Nb TIL that Alexandra of Denmark had such a strong influence on fashion that when a bad case of rheumatic fever left her with a permanent limp, it became trendy for wealthy women to walk around with a fake limp themselves. They even wore shoes with different sized heels for a more authentic limp.
4kbdb TIL that the cardboard sleeve used to insulate hot coffee cups was originally called a Java Jacket by its inventor, Jay Sorenson, when he started selling them out of the trunk of his car in Seattle in 1991.