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TIL dolphins get drugged when chewing pufferfish

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LQV9V TIL that until there used to be an almond-flavoured soft drink called “Dr Nut” which had a squirrel in its logo
4Ke6 TIL there are several cases of foreign women visiting Dubai for business, being raped, and then being jailed when they report the rape.
XE4WX TIL that upon imprisonment American Psychologist Timothy Leary was given psychological tests designed to aid placing inmates in jobs that were best suited to them. Leary himself had designed a few of them and used that knowledge to get a low-security gardening assignment, and escaped.
neJrW TIL that around the year 1500, Leonardo da Vinci designed a robot. When these plans were found almost 500 years later and built according to Leonardo's specifications, the design worked perfectly.
0dpnR TIL before 1923 in UK, only men were allowed to file for divorce and only in the case of adultery. In 1923 Matrimonial causes act was passed which gave the same right to women. Further in 1937, additional grounds for divorce such as cruelty, desertion, etc. were offered.