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TIL new research suggests that dolphins are second only to humans in smarts

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oVEo TIL John Chambers, the make-up artist portrayed by John Goodman in the movie Argo, not only won the CIA’s Intelligence Medal of Merit for his role in helping rescue American embassy personnel from Iran, he created the pointed ears worn by Leonard Nimoy as Spock in Star Trek.
VMPNm TIL a study in 2019 found the average American hasn’t made a new friend in five years, and 45 percent of adults say they find it difficult to make friends in general.
kJ981 TIL all of Australia's 200 million wild rabbits are descended from a group of 13 European rabbits released in 1859 by Thomas Austin, a British settler released for him to hunt on his farm, by 1920 they peaked at 10 billion before a mass scale poisoning to prevent causing more environmental damage.
78N67 TIL of James Harrison, a man who saved 2.4 million babies by donating his extremely rare blood type. His unique blood helps prevent a life-threatening condition (Rhesus disease) where a mother's body harms an unborn baby's blood.
DVKg TIL the tiny glands on nipples keep the areola lubricated and protected.