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TIL The airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow
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TIL some ultramarathoners get their toenails surgically removed to stop the pressure and irritation they can cause in races
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TIL orcas can teach themselves to communicate with dolphins. A group of researchers in California discovered that orcas living alongside dolphins changed their vocalizations by adding in more clicks and whistles to match the dolphin’s communication.
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TIL that a 17 year old who recruited two other teens to murder her parents - resulting in the death of one and the critical injuries to the other - attempted to appeal on the grounds that she was interviewed by police without parental consent.
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TIL In 1896 two norwegians crossed the Atlantic in 55 days in a rowboat. A record that lasted 114 years.
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TIL of the “Tiffany Problem”. Tiffany is a medieval name—short for Theophania—from the 12th century. Authors can’t use it in historical or fantasy fiction, however, because the name looks too modern. This is an example of how reality is sometimes too unrealistic.