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TIL Malcolm Brenner claims to have had sex with a female dolphin named Dolly in the 1970s, and believes it was consensual.

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9wMaX TIL Despite being the Heavyweight Champion of the world, Tyson Fury was not allowed to eat in a restaurant in the UK in 2016 because gypsies were not allowed
R75mj TIL that in the 1960s the CIA developed Tagboard, a supersonic resonance drone launched from the back of the M-21 (SR-71 predecessor) at Mach 3. It carried a high-resolution camera over a preprogrammed path, then released the film for mid-air retrieval, after which the drone would self-destruct.
Jdxk TIL Tomb of the Unknown Soldier Guard Identification Badge is the second rarest badge awarded coming in second only to the Astronaut Badge
X0kMD TIL It has been observed since the Roman times that alcohol consumption by pregnant women has harmful effects on their child. Also, alcohol was used until the 1980s to prevent preterm labor, and was sometimes administered intravenously.
vxBj TIL that ‘boosting’ is a form of cheating in paralympics. Athletes with spinal cord injuries will do things like breaking bones (usually in toes), electric shocks (to feet/legs/scrotum/testicles), and more. This results in increased blood pressure which improves performance.