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TIL Dolphins give each other names and will answer to it even when called by dolphins they don’t know.

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16xpr TIL so many Peruvian presidents have been jailed for corruption and abuse that they have their own prison specifically for ex presidents.
lomBV TIL of "Psychogenic death" - when a person gives up on life mentally and dies usually within days. The phenomenon occurs when someone experiences a trauma they feel they cannot escape, and the person views death as their only option.
OGew1 TIL British writer Victoria Coren Mitchell saw a therapist to address her fear of flying, but the therapist later died in a plane crash.
RKB8 TIL after the Italian Armistice during World War 2, an Italian Division chose to resist the Germans they were stationed with who demanded they give up their arms. This ended with the Germans massacring over 5000 of the Italians including those who had surrendered.
wowl6 TIL balloons are being used to provide internet access to remote areas. Multiple balloons fly at high altitude relaying internet between them from the ground to remote users