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TIL Japan blames the decline of fish in oceans on whales and dolphins

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KYoxQ TIL about Paul Alexander, a polio survivor who lived until the age of 78 in a iron lung
neBx9 TIL To cover up My Lai massacre, Hugh Thompson jr. was quickly awarded Distinguished Flying Cross with citation of fabricated events that included promoting Vietnamese–American relations in the operational area. Thompson threw away the citation.
kJaAm TIL that International Shooting Union barred women from shooting with men in 1993, after Zhang Shan won the gold medal in Skeet Shooting in 1992 Barcelona Olympics.
O1J4 TIL that only 1% of a mature tree is actually living.The other 99% is dead matter.
peeQ TIL that The Great Sphinx of Giza is not located in a remote region of the Egyptian desert; rather, it stares directly at a Pizza Hut and KFC located in what has become a suburb of Cairo.