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TIL Sperm Whales can vibrate a human to death.

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Qj9L TIL 98% of pet exotic cats die within 2 years.
b9EZ9 TIL that since 1944 all British tanks are equipped with a BV, Boiling Vessel, for making tea, it is considered by crewmembers (not entirely in jest) as the most important piece of equipment in a British armoured vehicle.
p8NVZ TIL that Tarzana, Los Angeles is named after John Clayton II, Viscount Greystoke a.k.a. Tarzan.
JYVW8 TIL Robert Altman earned only $70,000 for directing the 1970 film MAS*H, but his 14-year-old son earned over $1 million for writing the lyrics of its epic theme song.
v17gx TIL Margaret Clitherow (died 1586) was executed for the crime of harboring Catholic priests, at a time when it was a capital offence by the Jesuits, etc. Act 1584. Although still pregnant with her fourth child, she was crushed to death by her own door.