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TIL that pro-wrestler Biff Wellington was found dead the same day his former tag team partner Chris Benoit infamously took his own life after murdering his wife and son earlier that weekend

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W74VX TIL about "The Swan," a 2004 reality show where participants underwent extreme makeovers, including plastic surgery, to transform from "ugly ducklings" into "swans" for a final beauty pageant.
7rP7P TIL A Japanese man discovered the massive heat - transfer air currents known as the Jet stream in the 1920s. His work went completely unnoticed because he published his findings in Japanese and Esperanto.
JYMDV TIL that over 25% of irrigated land in the US uses groundwater from the Ogallala Aquifer. Since large-scale agricultural extraction began in 1950, its size has been reduced by nearly 10%. Once depleted, it will take 6,000 years for the aquifer to replenish.
7reM7 TIL that while dolphins are known to be intelligent and friendly, some males are known to bash unrelated dolphin calves to death so they are able to mate with their mothers. They also practice herding, in which many males pressure a female for sex using displays of aggression.
7r4Z TIL on August 16, 1942, a military blimp left San Francisco bay on a routine submarine-spotting mission. A few hours later, the airship wandered back over land and crashed with nobody aboard. Life rafts and other rescue gear had not been touched, and the fate of the 2-man crew has never been solved.