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

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4kEvg TIL about the first shoot down of a stealth fighter. The pilot and leader of the SAM site that shot him down are now friends.
jnnX TIL Fox News, trying to compete with The Daily Show and Saturday Night Live, launched a satirical comedy show called the ½ Hour News Hour. It received “historically poor reviews” and was cancelled in its first season.
GDON TIL the mercury everyone is so scared of in vaccines (thimerosal) is actually ethylmercury, while the toxic mercury which can damage the nervous system is methylmercury. The same way that we drink ethylalcohol (ethanol) but methylalcohol (methanol) will cause you to go blind, or just plain kill you.
8eABZ TIL: in 1275, the count of Holland exempted the residents of the tiny fishing village of Amsterdam from tolls, attracting large numbers of merchants and putting it on a path to develop into a major trading hub over the centuries
QJM5L TIL There's a micro-generation called "Xennials" for those born between 1977 and 1985. These people grew up with an analog childhood and a digital adulthood