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TIL That the bite force of an orca is nearly 5x that of a great white

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R7nyj TIL Prince recorded the synthesizer solo for "When Doves Cry" at half-speed and an octave lower against a half-speed backing track, speeding it up to create the final version. Keyboardist Matt Fink was tasked with learning and performing it at full speed live.
JYv8k TIL the movie "Baby Driver" was first imagined when director Edgar Wright heard the song "Bellbottoms" and imagined a getaway driver waiting for his crew to complete a bank heist. He tested the concept while directing the music video for "Blue Song" by Mint Royal in 2003, almost 15 years earlier.
RAWw TIL that there’s no such thing as a wild ferret. They were domesticated from the European Polecat over 3,000 years ago.
PNdV TIL that the Hudson Bay region of Canada has been found to have less gravity than the rest of the Earth.
Aw8w TIL of The Hole. A facility owned and operated by the Church of Scientology that held executives against their will for months at a time. Abuse and humiliation tactics were used to force confessions from members who were believed to have counter intentions from the church and its leader