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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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6EpLl TIL that the Germans probably didn't give the US Marine Corps their "Devil Dog" nickname.
R5v46 TIL the Chevy Vega was developed to be shipped vertically in order to cut shipping costs by 40%.
XRrD TIL the 2010 Global Tiger Initiative summit in Russia pledged $330 million donor dollars for tiger conservation. Four years later, no financial help ever reached the Ussuriskii Nature Preserve, home to some of the last remaining Siberian tigers.
dV8B TIL Winston Churchill’s epitaph states, “I am ready to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter.”
Bg7QL TIL that gooning is a form of legal kidnapping in the US where a parent can hire someone to kidnap a kid they think is troubled at night to bring them to boarding school or behavior modification facility.