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TIL some dolphins have tried to mate with some swimmers and divers…

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V0v8 TIL a tiny roundoff software error resulted in the death of 28 U.S. soldiers, a 1/3 of a second rounding error turning into a 600 meter interception failure
E10pp TIL that there is a group of sea wolves on Vancouver Island that can swim for miles and 90% of their diet is seafood. They primarily eat salmon but also forage on barnacles, lams, herring eggs, seals, and river otters.
VOXB TIL a fitness trainer intentionally gained over 70 pounds to better understand the plight of his overweight clients. Then lost it all again six months later.
XByk TIL That the bolt holding the rotor blades onto a helicopter is called a jesus nut. It is a single point of failure which would lead to the helicopter crashing
OG8Zg TIL that the oldest known place name sign is over 5,000 years old and marks the 'Domain of the Scorpion King Horus'