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TIL that Orcas are the supreme predators in the ocean and Great White Sharks are terrified of them

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XaNQ TIL that The Complete Manual of Suicide, a Japanese book which provides explicit descriptions on various methods of suicide, was first published in 1993 and sold more than one million copies.
rNr90 TIL about Vizeadmiral Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière. The most successful U-boat captain in history. During WW1 he sank 194 ships with a tonnage of 453,716 GRT. He rarely used torpedoes, favouring his 8.8cm deck gun. He made an effort to allow crews to evacuate before sinking their ship.
0d6kM TIL about netboy which was a comic posted online in 1994. The comic is based around people that you might meet online during that time-period.
x6VN0 TIL the first ever transatlantic radio signal was received here in Canada, morse code for the letter “s”
69G1X TIL: In April 1861 in Pennsylvania, an oil well that began gushing at a rate 3,000 barrels per day had drawn about 150 spectators by the time an hour later when the oil gusher burst into flames, raining fire down on the oil-soaked onlookers. Thirty people died.