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TIL in 2004, The New York Times wrote an article about the loneliest whale in the world. Scientists have been tracking her since 1992 and they discovered the problem: she sings at 52hz, and so no other whales can hear her.

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AWOB TIL that Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin had an improvised jam session which was recorded but never released.
D45r TIL if your name is based on Scottish ancestral names, Mc means “son of”, and “O” means grandson of.
K48R TIL that scientists concluded from the lines of fossilized corals that some million years ago a year had 420 days
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