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TIL that the opah is the world's only warm-blooded fish.

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nyXr TIL in some of the earliest displays of Stunt Flying, a pilot named Eugène Lefebvre would fly directly at terrified spectators, turning away only at the last second. He is also the first person to die while piloting a powered aircraft.
wm0J TIL in 2000, Pope John Paul II gave his blessing to the Pokémon franchise, saying the games did not have “any harmful moral side effects” and were based on “ties of intense friendship”.
gMogD TIL in 1996, a Canadian man fled Canada and thought someone was out to kill him, took his money and drove to Knoxville, TN. He ended up dead in a parking lot with his money around his half-naked body. Police reports show the man was killed by a blow to the stomach. The case remains unsolved.
X0pkj TIL Teddy Roosevelt's great grandson Simon died in motorcycle accident aged 19. 17 years later, Simon's brother Caleb died in a car accident at the same age of 19. Four years after that, their brother William died at 21 after getting hit by a pickup truck.
LkXkQ TIL Hitler's plan after occupying Moscow was to kill all its Residents and replace it with an artificial lake.