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TIL that whales closest living relatives are the hippopotamuses.

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8aldV TIL the US Army does not keep any record of "confirmed kills". Servicemen routinely report successful hits to their superiors and personally keep track.
e0N6b Til Humans And Tortoises share a little more than 90% of dna.
bo0E TIL that the data gathered from Nazi freezing experiments on people, is the definitive data on how the body reacts to freezing temperatures.
LB5r TIL that 2014 was McDonald’s worst year in a decade
NyYe TIL China’s Emperor Qin sent his magician to find the elixir of life. The magician sailed away with the “sacrifice” of 6000 boys and girls, lots of wheat, and never returned. Some believe that he settled in Japan and became their first emperor.