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TIL Dolphins are considered “non human persons” in India.

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lo0kG TIL that only five countries have participated in every Summer Olympic Games – Australia, France, Great Britain, Greece & Switzerland
0ddZM TIL about Jesus García, a 23-year-old railroad brakeman, who died during a train explosion saving the town of Nacozari, Mexico.
j6Nrv TIL that while filming The Jazz Singer (1980), Neil Diamond, who was new to acting, was having trouble playing a scene where his character was supposed to be angry, so he asked his band to play a Barry Manilow song to make him angry for real.
MeErb TIL that Aretha Franklin holds the record for winning the most consecutive Grammys in the same category. She won the Best Female R&B Vocal Performance every year from 1968 to 1975, for an eight-year winning streak. She also won in 1982, 1986, and 1988, giving her 11 wins in the category.
ADXg4 TIL that Stegosaurus was already a fossil by the time that T-Rex appeared. T-Rex was closer in time to us than to Stegosaurus.