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TIL Great White Sharks Are Completely Terrified of Orcas that they will flee their hunting grounds and won’t return for up to a year when killer whales pass by.

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XkrE TIL Hydrangea flowers are a naturally occurring pH indicator, turning pink in basic soil and blue in acidic soil
E14Gw TIL In 1932, General Macarthur and then Major Patton Tear-Gassed WWI Veterans Calling Themselves The "Bonus Army." They Had Marched On Washington Demanding Full Payment For Their Service During WWI. 2 Vets Were Killed. Historians Claim That Without The Protest, There May Have Never Been A GI Bill.
XR7R TIL of Granny, the oldest orca in the world who has been swimming since 1911. She’s 105 years old.
YvOv TIL that Captain Jean-Luc Picard did originally have a French accent, but it was scrapped because no one could take it seriously. According to Patrick Stewart, “it sounded like Inspector Clouseau.”
wLoA6 TIL that Walter Murphy, the composer of the Disco adaptation of Beethoven's 5th symphony known as "A Fifth of Beethoven", has also served as one of the main composers for the TV show Family Guy since 1999