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TIL that the closest living relatives of the hippo are cetaceans - whales and dolphins

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m1KpR TIL about the Blue Diamond Affair in which approx 90 kg of Saudi Royal jewels were stolen by a Thai worker in 1989 that led to the deaths of several Saudi diplomats and businessmen in Thailand, souring international relations for over 30 years.
6Ey8Y TIL that near 16th century Edinburgh, there was a clan of cannibals who may have eaten more than 1000 people. They were led by a man named Sawney Bean.
e0ReJ TIL that five years before Superman was created there was a pulp fiction Superhero called 'Doc Savage'. He was known as 'The Man of Bronze,' and had a 'Fortress of Solitude ' in the Arctic. He had superhuman powers, though was not an alien. He was known as a Super Man, oh and his name was Clark.
b6QDN TIL that sea otters hold hands while they sleep so they don’t drift apart 🦦💕
9YJWQ TIL of Australia's pyjama girl mystery: an unidentified murdered woman's body was on public exhibition in a vat of formalin many years for identification. Ten years later the husband confessed to killing her - he was once a waiter at the detective's regular restaurant who he had known many years