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TIL that groups of male ducks forcefully mate with a female

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5YPbn TIL of Kelly, a dolphin whose trainers gave her fish for bringing them litter/dead gulls to clean her pool. She started hiding fish under a rock in her pool, then used fish to lure gulls which she brought to her trainers to get more fish. She taught her calf the strategy, who taught more calves.
QJOMk TIL The World's deepest pool (60.02 meters) opened in Dubai with a warning to divers not to visit the Burj Khalifa after diving or they could develop decompression sickness, also known as 'the bends'.
rRmB0 TIL the Vatican has noted that gluten-free wafers cannot be used in holy communion
KoL4 TIL that in 1922, people rioted over whether it was okay or not to wear a straw hat past the “socially acceptable” date of September 15, in New York. The riot lasted 8 days and led to multiple arrests.
4k6Wg TIL that DMVs in the US are allowed to sell some of your personal information and do. This practice is legal under federal law. For example, Florida’s DMV made $77 million and California’s DMV made $52 million in 2017 through this practice alone.