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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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7rJxM TIL of Operation Wrath of God, or why Israeli Mossad agents are basically the badass spies we all thought only existed in movies. Motorcycle assassinations, silencers, car bombs, the works.
GYrAQ TIL in France, it’s against the law for grocery stores to throw away food. It must either be composted or donated to charity.
DR1V TIL the indigenous peoples of the Caribbean had a God of disorder and chaos called ‘Juracán’. This word is the origin of the English word 'hurricane’
neb9W TIL that famous English poet and painter Dante Gabriel Rossetti buried most of his poems with his late wife in Highgate Cemetery of London, then later had her exhumed so he could retrieve them.
xVKPB TIL -Alexa commercials are intentionally muted in the 3,000Hz to 6,000Hz range of the audio spectrum, which tips off the system that the “Alexa” phrase being spoken isn’t in fact a real command and should be ignored