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TIL that Michael Stevens of Vsauce uploaded his first video under the username 'pooplicker888'

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wLbv1 TIL whales and dolphins are not really fish, they have lungs and they have to come to the surface of the water to breathe. whales can hold their breath for more than an hour.
BleW TIL Mel Blanc’s (the voice of almost every Looney Toons character) grave stone in the Hollywood Forever Cemetery has the words “That’s All Folks” written on it.
VMyQG TIL that ex-presidents are not allowed to drive
J571 TIL Author Joe Hill was so determined to keep it a secret that he was Stephen King’s son, his own agent didn’t know for 10 years.
woPZW TIL Eldey island supported the last remnant population of the great auks. Museums, desiring the skins of the auk for preservation and display, began collecting birds. The last pair, were killed there in 1844, when they were strangled and the last egg of the species was cracked during the struggle.