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TIL Killer whales can and do regularly eat swimming moose.

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oGZW TIL there is a crab that grows to be bigger than a human being. It’s called… Japanese Spider Crab
p8XyZ TIL vanilla is the second most expensive spice
VBgPB TIL that in the late 1960s the construction of the Aswan Dam was going to lead to the loss of many Ancient Egyptian structures, so a coalition of 50 countries came together to dismantle the structures and reassemble them out of harm's way. This led to the creation of World Heritage Sites.
WkpAX TIL that in 1966 a computer scientist wrote a program, called ELIZA, intended to demonstrate the superficiality of communication between people and machines. Instead it came to be seen as a therapy program and fooled a remarkable number of people into believing that the computer had feelings.
rRZ0M TIL Former French president Felix Faure died of a seizure in his office while having sex with his mistress. He was the first French president to die of natural causes while holding office.