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TIL before killing Cecil the lion Walter Palmer was penalized $2938 for illegally killing a black bear in Wisconsin in 2006 and he tried to bribe his guides $20000 to cover it up

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bYBp TIL: There are cupcakes that are named as such, not because of their shape, but because they are made using ingredient increments of 1 Cup measurements.
8a6PZ TIL that in 1971, burglars broke into an FBI office by writing a note that said “Please don’t lock this door tonight” and plastering it onto the front door. It worked and they stole several files.
a8nDb TIL of the Wild Dolphin Project & of its founder Dr Denise Herzing. For the last 35 years they have been studying & learning how to communicate with wild dolphins. She describes in one of her books how a group of dolphins sensed the death of a passenger on her boat & escorted the boat back to shore.
Zpvbv TIL Pakistan has the highest number of glaciers in the world, outside of the polar regions.
Kk5E TIL Every year about 10,000 containers fall off ships to the sea