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TIL, Dolphins in Brazil force fish towards fishermen, signal when nets should be thrown, then share the catch.

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NXZ8P TIL Alexina Morrison, a fugitive from slavery in Louisiana claimed to be a kidnapped white girl and sued her master for her freedom on that ground, arousing such popular feeling against him that a mob threatened to lynch him
DQMV TIL Kurdish children in Turkish prisons prison are deprived of food and medical treatment, beaten while naked with iron bars by prison staff, and sexually abused by adult prisoners
NB68 TIL Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz (Lucy and Ricky on “I Love Lucy”) not only saved “Star Trek” from cancellation in 1966, but also helped produce it.
lYw5 TIL scientists have identified a 20 foot tall fossil in Saudi Arabia as a giant mushroom, which was likely the largest organism in the world at the time.
m1l9E TIL that the remains of Henry Rathbone and Clara Harris, witnesses to Lincoln's assassination, were disinterred and disposed of after cemetery management determined that their graves were long abandoned.