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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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QNNee TIL The female spotted hyena has a 'pseudo penis' that extends almost 8 inches and is shaped and positioned exactly like a penis. It also has a pair of testicles and the 'penis' can get erections.
rxOw TIL of Carl Fisher who built a fortune in automobile headlights, then went on to found the first auto dealership, the first transcontinental road, the Indianapolis speedway, and the town of Miami Beach. He lost most of his fortune in the Great Depression and was largely forgotten by history.
9wPdp TIL South Korea is the only country on earth with almost zero food waste
Z8o4v TIL about the Lincos language, designed in 1960 to communicate with extra-terrestrial species, and based only on mathematics and logic and thus not requiring any knowledge about Earth or humans to understand
JDvv TIL Charles XII of Sweden was embalmed well enough to recognize his features when exhumed 200 years after his death. Photographs show the gunshot wound to his head that killed him.