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TIL Scientists support the idea of giving dolphins basic human rights

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BW7e TIL earlier this year, Star Wars was translated into Navajo, becoming the first major motion picture to be translated into any Native American language.
EOnw TIL man’s walking pace slows by 7% for wives and girlfriends but not for other women, and increases if walking with another man.
m1Z8E TIL that Bill Lear, creator of the Lear Jet, also invented the 8-track tape cartridge in 1964. It was originally called The Lear Jet Stereo 8 cartridge.
gMjm8 TIL one of the greatest pianists Alexander Scriabin died at 43 of sepsis caused by herpes on his lips
kON5g TIL Elizebeth Smith Friedman, America’s first female cryptanalyst, worked as a code breaker who successfully broke up a Nazi spy ring across South America during the 1940s. FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover took credit for her work until reports were declassified in 2008.