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TIL the average female killer whale lives 50-60 years, but ‘Granny’, a 104-year-old Killer whale, was recently spotted off Canada’s west coast in 2014 w/ her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren!

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JY9gj TIL after writing the original theme song to "Monk," Jeff Beal was fired and replaced with Randy Newman. After he won an Emmy for the original theme, he was hired back and they made an episode in tribute to him about a fan who was mad they changed the original theme song of their favorite show.
JY9oV Today I learned that Yuma High School is the proud home of the Criminals.
Oor0L TIL A 2014 linguistics study on filler words found that women use “um” ~22% more than men, men say “uh” 250% more than women, & men use filler words ~38% more than women. When speaking to the opposite gender, men use “uh” ~14% less & “um” ~8% more, while women use “uh” ~20% more & “um” ~1% less.
nR7P TIL Grizzly bears were so feared and respected by Native Americans that hunting them required a company of 4 to 10 warriors and was done with the same preparation and ceremoniality as intertribal warfare.
W059 TIL a women with a PhD in math won the scratch lottery in Texas 4 times (about $21 million) by figuring out the algorithm of the ticket production.