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TIL the ancestor of the first whales was a midsize, land dwelling mammal

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ANWpB TIL that, in 1844, while dignitaries were visiting the USS Princeton, a gun exploded, killing the Secretaries of State and Defense. President Tyler was belowdecks. Afterwards, he carries away the fainted daughter of one of the dead dignitaries. He marries her a few months later, making her First Lad
rkj0 TIL that the license plate of Agent Smith’s car in the Matrix Reloaded is “IS 5416” - referencing Isaiah 54:16, which states “Behold, I have created the smith that bloweth the coals in the fire, and bringeth forth an instrument for his work; and I have the waster to destroy.”
VB1Zm TIL while most people only know of Solid, Liquid and Gas there are around 2 dozen other states of matter, including Plasma, Time Crystals, Degenerate Matter, Superfluids, Supersolids, and the Rydberg Polaron - a state where atoms exist within other atoms.
KYbdR TIL that Jason Statham competed for England in the 1990 Commonwealth Games in diving.
j6AYa TIL of the final Looney Tune short, which was the 1,000th short produced, and ended with the main character, Cool Cat, cutting himself out of the film.