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TIL by simply paying off the Mexican Navy, bucheros, or the local illegal fisherman, have reduced the smallest dolphin in the world, vaquita marina, to a number of 8. Many believe the animal is just a myth.

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ADBLB TIL my dad once removed a wall from his flat without his landlord noticing. He carried the bricks downstairs one by one and threw them onto a construction site next to his flat.