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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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8aBv8 TIL "Purple Rain" was remade in the Sahara featuring the nomadic Tuareg people. Since their language has no word for "purple," the title became "Rain The Color of Blue With A Little Red In It."
DQYbV TIL that in the early 1980's, a newspaper accidentally switched the captions for Dennis the Menace and The Far Side comics twice. While some people found it humorous, other people found the captioning to be deeply disturbing and the newspaper apologized for the errors.
6E8rl TIL Tom and Jerry and Popeye cartoons were secretly made in 60s in communist Czechoslovakia and names of the staff were americanized to avoid backlash
x900 TIL that Stalin tried to kill Yugoslavian leader Tito 22 times. Tito then wrote a letter in reply saying: “Stop sending people to kill me. If you don’t stop sending killers, I’ll send one to Moscow, and I won’t have to send a second.”