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TIL some whales hunted in the 19th Century are still alive today

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R5pYQ TIL: BoomBurbs are places in the top 50 Metro areas in the U.S.A of more than 100,000 residents, that are not core cities in their metro areas and have maintained double-digit rates of growth since 1970!
6p5Z TIL: If an Elephant had the same Metabolic Rate as a Shrew it would quickly Overheat and Explode
wLlkM TIL that 1 to 5 percent of children are afflicted with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome - in some Native American reservations it is 1 in 4
a88WJ TIL the funeral procession for Ulysses S. Grant contained more than 1.5 million people. Pallbearers for Grant included four Civil War Generals, Sherman, Sheridan, Johnston, and Buckner.
p89aG TIL jellyfish have been attacking nuclear power plants in Japan and India since the 1960s, with up to 150 tons per day removed from the cooling system of just 1 power plant. In India, workers removed over 4mil jellyfish from screens over the entrances to cooling pipes. That’s 80 tons of jellyfish.