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TIL That Due To Canadian’s Overuse of the Word “Sorry”, Ontario Passed the “Apology Act” in 2009 Declaring that Saying “Sorry” Cannot Be Used As Evidence Of Admitting Liability/Guilt.

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7bLM TIL that Donkey Kong was so named because his creator believed ‘donkey’ meant 'stupid’ in English and wanted to convey the impression that the character was a “Stupid Ape”
JWvj TIL there are 4 million square miles of fertile land in Africa that can’t be cultivated because tsetse flies keep killing farm animals
aw140 TIL a pod of dolphins saved a group of swimmers from a great white shark by herding the swimmers together and doing tight circles around them to create a barrier. The dolphins kept this up for 40 minutes until the shark lost interest and was safe for the swimmers to swim to shore.
l7J11 TIL that local restaurant owner Jackie Bevins shot her mobster husband while he was on the can and was found not guilty of murder due to Battered Woman Syndrome
OoXaa TIL that a TV news crew were filming on the streets of New York when Flight 11 hit the North Tower, but managed to get only audio of the actual crash.