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TIL male dolphins will kill baby dolphins of another father so that the female will be available to mate with them.

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wLmE8 TIL a capitonym is a word that changes its meaning (and sometimes pronunciation) when it is capitalized such as Polish and polish.
R5LLa TIL that humans and koala have identical finger prints
9w0mD TIL the US accidentally dropped four nuclear hydrogen bombs on Spain in 1966. Two of them partially detonated and one was lost for 2 months and a half.
16Xp4 TIL that zinc has been shown to increase male fertility and testosterone, and oysters are very high in zinc, lending credence to the idea that oysters are an aphrodisiac
RbW4 TIL “goodbye” is actually a contraction for “God be with ye.”