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TIL there are multiple universities that offer credit courses for Taylor Swift, including NYU and UC Berkeley

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5YJPP TIL Orcas exploit a 'security bug' in great white sharks to immobilize and kill them. When a shark is held upside down this induces tonic immobility (TI), a sort of temporary paralysis; the orca are known to attack them in a way that induces TI and will keep them there till they suffocate.
rRAAd TIL a pod of killer whales used to hunt with Indigenous Australians. The pod would lead another whale into a bay then whistle to the hunters. After they had killed the whale, the pod would get the tongue and lips before the hunters took the rest.
yQQ0X TIL Although the show ended 14 years ago, FRIENDS still brings $1 billion for Warner Bros. every year in royalties. This means each of the six main cast member get $20 million every year doing absolutely nothing.
X0D06 TIL Jimi Hendrix never had a #1 single. Or even in the top 10. His highest charting single reached #20.
YpDWd TIL Senator Strom Thurmond, a pro-segregationist, had a mixed-race African American daughter that was kept a secret until after his death in 2003.