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TIL about Australian voter suppression of First Nation peoples

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wZ18 TIL Pioneering English scientist Francis Bacon died of pneumonia after trying to stuff a chicken with snow.
E1VMP TIL wild bottlenose dolphins can have bold and shy personalities just like people according to studies. Such differing personality traits were shown to be key to their survival because it was observed how these play into social cohesion, communication and taking chances to secure food resources.
vy8D TIL that at the height of his wealth, John D Rockefeller’s personal fortune constituted 1.53% of the total American GDP. Up to 663.4 billion dollars.
6gpZ TIL that for a brief time, the US Playing Card Company released a 65 card deck that included a fifth suit, a Green Eagle, that was ranked higher than spades.
E1nXP TIL that in 1958, Canada set off one of the largest intentional non-nuclear explosions in history to remove a rock in the middle of a shipping lane. A tunnel half a mile long was dug out under the ocean and filled with 2.75 million pounds of explosive.