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TIL sperm whales sleep vertically.
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TIL that “confession bear” is a sun bear named Ernst that was born in a Berlin zoo and is now living in Jihlava zoo in the Czech Republic under the name Adam
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TIL a Russian nuclear submarine had its electricity cut by the electricity company at a naval base due to unpaid bills. The submarine’s cooling system stopped working and the reactor came close to meltdown
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TIL that Neil Flynn (“The Janitor”) was only cast for the pilot episode of Scrubs. He was so popular, however, that he became a regular.
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TIL that the word ‘sandwich’ came from a lazy dude (the earl of sandwich) who didn’t want to leave the gaming table so just ate sandwiches- cold meat between 2 bits of bread
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TIL that when the deadliest tornado touched down in 1925 Missouri, people were taken by surprise. This was because the word 'tornado' was banned from US weather forecasts since the late 19th century due to hysteria. This mentality shifted after the tornado killed 675 ill-prepared residents