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TIL a Dolphin had sexual relations with its trainer, given LSD, then it committed suicide as part of a NASA experiment.

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6EerZ TIL of a secret society called Cicada 3301, that has on six occasions posted puzzles and alternate reality games (some lasting years) in an attempt to recruit code breakers from the public.
wLX41 IBM now have a 50 qubit quantum computer but are still trying to figure out what to do with it.
AnOB TIL India has the largest government midday meal program in the world, feeding 120 million students per day for free.
X0gXP TIL pop singer Lily Allen turned down 200,000 bitcoin to play a show in 2009. At today's value, that would be worth over ten BILLION dollars.
VRW4 TIL at some point in the last 80 years, the cost of a blowjob from a Chicago prostitute went from being more expensive to less expensive than vaginal sex, as the societal taboo against oral sex – which gave it scarcity value – declined. (The average price of each is currently $37.26 versus $80.05.)