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TIL, whales can make a poonado up to 100 feet wide to hide themselves

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xVDZ5 TIL that 1.3 million Indian soldiers served in World War One, and over 74,000 of them lost their lives. But history has mostly forgotten these sacrifices, which were rewarded with broken promises of Indian independence from the British government.
Ooa64 TIL The Battle of Verdun was the longest battle of World War I. It started on February 21st 1916 and ended on December 16th 1916. With duration of 303 days it is the longest battle in human history. With an estimated total casualty figure of 1.25 million.
bN1a TIL Albuterol, one of the oldest asthma medicines, typically costs $50 to $100 per inhaler in the United States, but it was less than $15 a decade ago, before it was repatented
JQj4 TIL Guillermo Del Toro lost his notebook in the back of a London cab which contained most of the ideas for pans labyrinth. Cab driver returns the book as him Del Toro discussed comic books and had told the driver what hotel he was staying in. He received a $900 reward for its return.
j6jYj TIL A brown dwarf star is 13 to 80 times the size of Jupiter but doesn't have enough mass to fuse hydrogen (they can fuse deuterium and massive ones can fuse lithium). Because of the lack of energy some brown dwarfs put out little to no light and can have a surface temperature as low as -23C (-10F).