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TIL that orcas have been targeting great whites, putting them into tonic immobility, and eating their livers.

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R9jj TIL Abraham Lincoln’s sole guard at Ford’s Theater on April 14, 1865 was an unreliable cop who walked to the saloon next door to get drunk during the fateful play. Ironically, John Wilkes Booth was at the same saloon working up courage before walking next door to assassinate the unguarded President.
QGrE TIL When you measure the test scores of USA schools with a child poverty rate of less than 20%, those kids outperform every nation in the world.
myjP TIL that the average hunter gatherer had more leisure time than a typical working adult does today.
BRWD TIL: A Massachusetts Pastor will stand trial for his role in creating Uganda’s “Kill the Gays” Law.
p85V4 TIL about the Roman dodecahedron, a bronze artifact who's function continues to elude us