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TIL in 1997 a killer whale held a great white shark upside down for 15 minutes, causing it to suffocate, after which it ate only its liver.

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PM5Z TIL that Hitler predicted the Cold War. “there will remain in the world only two Great Powers capable of confronting each other – the United States and Soviet Russia.”
78kAM TIL The music of Nine Inch Nails has reportedly been used by the U.S. military as music torture to break down the resolve of detainees. Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails objected to this and stated "It's difficult for me to imagine anything more profoundly insulting, demeaning and enraging"
oBmgE TIL TIL Despite being fluent in Spanish, Wagner Moura (the actor who played Escobar in 'Narcos') went back to college to take Spanish for foreigners, to perfect his pronunciation as someone who speaks Spanish as a first language.
kOVRB TIL the last US President who was fluent in a language other than English is Franklin D. Roosevelt, who spoke good French and German. Roosevelt died in office in 1945
Me8dW TIL that the great-great-grandson of Tsar Nicholas Romanoff I of Russia grew up to serve in the British Navy, participated in the Normandy invasions, and become an American folk artist