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TIL Gray Whales Mate in MMF Threeways

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wLBv7 TIL That smiling in public is frowned upon in Russian culture. Excessive smiling is seen as a sign of dishonesty, insincerity, or even stupidity. Russians also tend to not smile in photographs for this reason.
rRZGo TIL after losing the 1996 US presidential election, Bob Dole was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in January 1997. He began his acceptance speech with "I, Robert J. Dole, do solemnly swear... Sorry, wrong speech"
9wDrM TIL jet lag was first mentioned by Wiley Post writing about his 1931 world record flight around the earth in eight days.
vY64 TIL that Johnny Depp moved back to America to avoid paying taxes in France.
nePEP TIL that Muammar Gaddafi has a bisexual professional footballer son, who hired Diego Maradona as a consultant, played for teams in Italy’s first division, captained Libya, bribed referees, made sure stadium announcers in Libya only announced his name, did a lot of cocaine, and had an Interpol notice