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TIL Killer whales aren't whales. Despite being named whales, they are the largest species of Dolphins.

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9wdX TIL The Shining is the 2nd highest ranked movie for both Stanley Kubrick and Jack Nicholson on IMDB (#45 all-time), yet was nominated for no Oscars or Golden Globes and was nominated for two Razzies, including Worst Director.
mpky TIL children of divorce tend to fall behind in their math and social skills and more prone to depression.
b9O8E TIL in 1946 the Soviet Union built a secret city called City 40 to house workers of a nearby nuclear plant and their families. For decades the fenced city and its 100k inhabitants were officially non existent. Today the city is called Ozersk and it's been exposed to 5x the radiation of Chernobyl.
Z0K4 TIL that according to a principle in evolutionary biology know as “Foster’s Rule” or the “Island Rule”, members of a species get smaller or bigger depending on the resources available in the environment, leading to miniature island versions of elephants, mammoths, hippos, deer, and others.
pYEDG TIL: That only 10% of the water use in California is used by Californian residents with the rest being used by Farming and other Big Bussines