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TIL that Sperm Whales’ sounds are so loud (under water) they can burst your ear drums or even “vibrate” you to death.

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epVen TIL the FDIC is a US government corporation created in 1933 that guarantees all customer deposits at US banks are protected in the event of a bank run or failure
d8YdZ TIL In the 1780s an Indian king named Tipu Sultan was the first person ever to effectively use Iron cased rockets against the British East India Company. Later in 1800s British adopted this technology and fought with it in Napoleonic wars
VBnm4 TIL that half of the top ten most violent cities, in all of America, are in fact small towns.
VBBL8 TIL of the use of "Trap Crops", secondary crops planted with the purpose of blocking or diverting insects/parasites off the main crop. In some cases, even decoys made of plastic or carboard can be helpful to disrupt insects.
ggxD TIL Freakonomics sent boneless cat corpses to 3 different pet crematoriums, only to receive back 3 different sets of ashes. The only issue is that ashes are the remnants of bones - everything else burns away.