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TIL in 2002, after Keiko the killer whale left his handlers in Iceland and swam to Norway, the Miami Seaquarium applied to NOAA for a permit to recapture the whale and bring him to Miami, claiming he was not safe in the wild.

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MMMB TIL male rape doesn’t exist as a criminal offense under UK law. When a male is raped, it is recorded as “non consensual buggery”.
wxaW TIL that SEAL Team Six was named so to confuse the Soviets about the actual number of SEAL Teams that were operating. At the time there were only two.
yQNpX TIL that after inviting John Ratcliffe (villain figure in Pocahontas) for a friendly gathering, the Powhatan Indians instead tied him to a stake, removed pieces of skin from his entire body with mussel shells and tossed them into the fire as he watched.
XEoeD TIL as a response to a theory alleging Joan of Arc's visions was caused by bovine tuberculosis, a historian wrote that if drinking unpasteurized milk could produce such potential benefits for the nation, then the French government should stop mandating the pasteurization of milk.
j68PE TIL Benito Mussolini used to be a card-carrying socialist. In 1912 he became a member of the National Directorate of the Italian socialist party and edited socialist newspapers. He considered himself an "authoritarian communist" and a Marxist.