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TIL paparazzi in China are called the "puppy squad" ( ็‹—ไป”้šŠ)

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XEnAP TIL that a blue whale's tongue is as heavy as the average elephant.
LkOPp TIL a Cuneiform clay tablet made in 703 BC, copied from an astronomers notebook from 3100 BCE, is evidence that Sodom and Gomorrah were actually destroyed by a 1 km wide asteroid that then went on to hit Austria.
wLndJ TIL, Elvis Presley wanted to record "I Will Always Love You". Dolly Parton was interested until Presley's manager told her that she needed to sign over half of the publishing rights to the song. She refused. This decision helped her make millions of dollars in royalties from the song.
wOkP TIL that last November three people drowned trying to save a dog being swept away in ocean currents off the California coast. The dog made it to safety by itself.
awKgN TIL during the filming of "Superbad"(2007), Mintz-Plasse, the actor of Fogell (McLovin), was 17 at the time of filming. So his mom had to be on set when they shot his sex scene.