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TIL that male dolphins have been known to keep females hostage and not feed them until the female agrees to have sex with them.

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w77M TIL identical twin boys were raised as a brother-sister pair (botched circumcision). The truth came when the one being raised as a girl INSISTED he was a boy; the parents admitted he was the subject of an experiment trying to prove gender identity was nurture, not nature. He later committed suicide.
awA90 TIL that Black Death pandemic spread in Eurasia when after a protracted siege, during which the Mongol army under Jani Beg was suffering the disease, catapulted the infected corpses over the city walls to infect the inhabitants, resulting in the deaths of an estimated 75 to 200 million people.
NXLw1 TIL: Southern Californians are known for saying "the" before a freeway number. I found this out because ChatGPT guessed where I'm from based on how I talk. Wow.
j6Mjv TIL that the most recent common ancestor of all current European monarchs lived in the 18th century
OoVR1 TIL caffeine can cause a sense of panic attacks, especially on those prone to anxiety.