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TIL In criminal law, a "dine and dash" is called "defrauding an innkeeper"

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EgPkp TIL: Researchers are attempting to use AI to decode the language of dolphins. Their goal of eventually being able to reverse engineer a way for humans to translate their own language into dolphin speak. This would effectively facilitate interspecies communication for the very first time.
yQX4M TIL scientists can determine a blue whale's age by counting the layers of it's waxlike earplugs after it passes away.
LQrGZ TIL FATCA effectively bans Americans from opening bank accounts abroad
jNbjN TIL that people in Canada eat Mac&Cheese more than anyone in the world.
grEPW TIL of Dennis Fitch, a pilot who studied the crash of Japan Flight 123 to see if he could have flown the doomed aircraft. Years later, Fitch was a passenger on a plane that also lost hydraulic power. Fitch offered to assist the pilots who miraculously managed to crash land, saving 100+ passengers.