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TIL of Abuwtiyuw, one of the oldest known named animals

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9YLpB TIL men walk significantly slower when walking with a woman, but only when that woman is their romantic partner. If she's a friend or acquaintance they go at almost full speed.
yXyv TIL that during the cold war, when navy divers repairing a whale enclosure heard a human-like voice saying “out, out, out,” and got out of the water to see nobody, they found out that a beluga whale named “Noc” had learned to mimic human speech and was trying to communicate with them.
9OOG TIL the RMS Lusitania carried undeclared war munitions as cargo. It was also originally designed to be converted to a warship by the British government
jJmM TIL Scallops have approximately 100 eyes around the edge of its shell
donQ TIL of three teenagers from Tokelaou who on a drunken dare, stole a boat and got lost adrift on the Pacific Ocean to be found after 51 days. They had barely any food or water, no clothing, no fishing gear, no life vests, and no first-aid kit.