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TIL Dolphins deliberately chew on pufferfish to get high

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kJp5d TIL that Iceland fought three wars with the United Kingdom between 1958 and 1976, winning every time
X0mdR TIL that Health Canada issued a safety brief in 2022 regarding topical steroids and the risk for topical steroid withdrawal reaction
BpDD TIL: The world’s largest parrot is also flightless and nocturnal. There are only 126 left in the world, and they spend their days hiding from giant eagles that went extinct hundreds of years ago.
69XKw TIL about Ota Benga, an indigenous Mbuti who was featured at a 1904 human zoo (Louisiana Purchase Exposition). There he was kept, caged, with an orangutan as an attempt to ridicule Darwinism. He was given a bow and arrow so as to "enhance the primitive image".
Vjek TIL that Al Queda’s strategy specifically involved using terrorism to provoke the West into long wars in numerous places that would lead to its financial collapse.