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TIL Besides humans, dolphins are the only animals that call each other by name.

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9wpgQ TIL of BZ, a chemical warfare nerve agent first synthesised in 1952. It has an anticholinergic effect with frightening hallucinations lasting for days, with effects still present after weeks. It is also very easy to overdose on
kJ6E7 TIL In Kenya, a number of cases have been reported in the 2010s of thieves selling transformer oil, stolen from transformers, to the operators of roadside food stalls for use in deep frying. When used for frying, it is reported that transformer oil lasts much longer than regular cooking oil.
wA48 TIL Esurance stopped making commercials with their mascot Erin Esurance because people on the internet kept making Rule 34 porn of her.
LgMV TIL The concrete at the center of the Hoover Dam has yet to fully cure.
BrVdk TIL of Rick Rescorla, a security consultant for Morgan Stanley who anticipated the 9/11 attacks and implemented practice emergency evacuations every 3 months. During the attacks he managed to evacuate most of the 2,687 employees and died trying to help even more people out of the buildings.