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TIL dolphins do not have vocal chords. All the sounds that we hear from them are produced with their blowhole.

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d8PkZ TIL that the band Creed got sued by fans in 2003 because of how intoxicated the bands singer was during one of their concerts in the Chicago area
woeLY TIL US government is putting together a team to disclose existence of "non-human intelligence" to the public. The team will include 1 current or former foreign service official, 1 scientist or engineer, 1 economist, 1 professional historian and 1 sociologist.
7rM97 TIL of Diren Dede, a 17-year-old exchange student from Germany, who entered the garage of Markus Kaarma looking for alcohol, and Kaarma deliberately set alcohol out as bait. Kaarma was sentenced to 70 years in prison for deliberate homicide.
8dnb TIL The Oregon Trail game was created by 3 teachers on a teletype, which became the biggest educational game in history, yet none of the three creators saw a dime in its millions of dollars in profits.
m10DY TIL that there are approximately 299 people cryogenically frozen in Scottsdale, Arizona