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TIL that killer whales, or orca whales have a highly developed ‘limbic system’, which suggests that they feel a stronger level of empathy and social cohesion towards their peers than any other mammal, including human beings and other cetaceans.

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wy6M TIL Santa Anna’s prosthetic leg was stolen by the 4th Illinois Infantry & now on display at the Illinois State Military Museum. Later his peg leg was stolen and reportedly used as a bat. Mexico has requested the leg’s return, but the museum refuses.
yQy5l TIL native English speakers say adjectives in a specific order: opinion, size, age, shape, color, origin, material, and purpose. An example of this is the normal sounding "silly old fool" vs the weird sounding "old silly fool".
D5pg TIL that Charlie Chaplin put up the 2013 equivalent of 25million USD of his own money to finance his anti-Nazi file The Great Dictator while the US was still at peace with Nazi Germany.
xVJ5w TIL the Ethiopian calendar is 7-8 years behind the Gregorian calendar, meaning that the current year in that calendar is 2012. It has a thirteenth month, consisting of five days, or six in leap years. Also, the first day of the year is on September 11, or on September 12 in leap years.
w8ME TIL On July 1, at the Battle of the Somme, a charge of 60,000 lbs. of explosives was detonated creating a crater that was 300 feet across and 90 feet deep. The explosion, which occurred in France, could be heard as far away as London and was the loudest man made sound in history at the time.