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TIL that False Killer Whales and Bottlenose Dolphins form interspecies social relationships; individual pairings can become buddies for 5 years and beyond

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yboX TIL in a study to improve hospital design for children, researchers polled 250 children regarding their opinions on clowns; every single one reported disliking or fearing them.
E1eew TIL the HMS Sussex (96) suffered a kamikaze attack from a Mitsubishi Ki-51 "Sonia" that left a dent and imprint on the side of the ship.
7rYwZ TIL that Norman Mineta’s baseball bat was confiscated when he was sent to a Japanese American internment camp as a boy. As a Congressman, he was sent a $1500 bat, which he had to send back, as it exceeded a price limit on gifts. He was quoted as saying, “The damn government’s taken my bat again.”
Bg7YW TIL that if you drilled a hole through the center of the earth from Formosa Province in Argentina, you’d end up on the island of Formosa. This was not known when the two places were named in the 1500s.
BYmk TIL the longest confirmed sniper kill was by Craig Harrison who killed two Taliban insurgents from a distance of 1.54 miles. The bullet took 3 seconds to reach their targets, which were 914 m (3,000 ft) beyond the L115A3 sniper rifle’s recommended range.