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TIL that dolphins have actual names for each other—unique whistles they use like names.

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DEbr TIL a man was able to steal $10 million because bank employees kept an important code on a post-it on the wall.
OowlL TIL Johnny Appleseed (John Chapman) was not only a nurseryman who introduced apple trees to large parts of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, West Virginia and Ontario. He was a vegitarian who loved animals dearly and had a pet wolf that followed him after he healed its injured leg.
N7ZBP TIL, Wisconsin uses briny water from cheese production to de-ice their roads in winter.
Bvjy TIL homicide rates & battle deaths are way down since prehistoric times – and we now live in “The most peaceful time in our species’ existence”
KYEaB TIL the brightest supernova ever found shined with the luminosity of 570 billion suns. At a distance of 13 light years it would appear as bright as the sun, and at 8,000 light years as bright as the full moon.