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TIL there used to be a 4 legged whale with webbed feet that sometimes hunted and killed stuff on land

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vPZmL TIL: that Otto Von Bismarck managed a posthumous snub of Wilhelm II, by having his own sarcophagus inscribed with the words, ā€œA loyal German servant of Emperor Wilhelm Iā€.
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