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TIL dolphins actually have names for one another, using a unique whistle to distinguish between different members within their pod.

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M7o40 TIL following his death in 68AD, there was a popular conspiracy theory that Roman emperor Nero was still secretly alive
b9Mvp TIL that it is fairly common for hedgehogs to eat their babies and/or reject them.
PpyJ TIL that homosexuality was commonly accepted in the Americas, Africa, Europe, Asia and the Middle East before the Abrahamic Religions became popular.
xVKnB TIL that Frederick Douglass's master didn't want his slaves being taught to read, believing that it would foster a desire for freedom. Douglass learned to read anyway, escaped, and became the foremost abolitionist in the country.
5YJV9 TIL H.G. Wells' The Time Machine was published in 1895 and generally credited for popularizing of time travel. It led to 3 films, 2 TV series, multiple comics, and indirectly inspired many works of fiction using time travel as its vehicle.