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TIL that the killer in the first modern detective novel was an orangutan

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6EPjJ TIL the author of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Washington Irving, was the first person to refer to New York as Gotham City in 1807. Irving borrowed the name from the Nottinghamshire village in England, which was reputedly inhabited by fools.
9YElp TIL that cello strings are made out of guts, that's why they're called gut strings!
QJklp TIL in Jewish mythology, everyone has an angel teaches them all the wisdom in the world in utero. The angel lightly taps an infant's upper lip before birth, to silence the infant from spilling the secrets. Some say that's how we have the philtrum (the indent between the nose and mouth).
D1eop TIL that whales can't breathe involuntarily. If you anesthetize one, it will suffocate, even out of the water.
J1l74 TIL that during the Vietnam War, the Battle of Hamburger Hill was named by American soldiers who felt the intense, grinding combat was like being “chewed up like hamburger meat.” Fought over Hill 937 in the A Shau Valley, the battle resulted in high casualties after ten days of fierce fighting.