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TIL Dolphins give eachother names and even respond to them.

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6lwJ TIL that in 2002, a Croatian diver got lost in an underwater cave and stabbed himself in the chest to avoid the agony of drowning. It was the first case of someone committing suicide while diving.
9O6M TIL Atari programmers met with Atari CEO Ray Kassar in May 1979 to demand that the company treat developers as record labels treated musicians, with royalties and their names on game boxes. Kaplan said no and that “anyone can do a cartridge.” So the programmers left Atari and founded Activision
R7887 TIL About Gap Creationism, a Theory of the Bible Where a Large Period of Time Exists Between Genesis 1:1 and 1:2, God Creating the Earth to the Creation of Light. This Is Where Some Theorists Believe Events Such as Dinosaurs and the Ice Age Exists in the Bible.
M7KYA TIL the Big Box store concept was pioneered by the Rhode Island based Ann & Hope retailer. The Kmart and Walmart founders, among others, borrowed features for their own stores.
Y77PA TIL about the horned tortoise, a mid-sized turtle that survived until 1000-800BC. She convergently evolved a tail club like ankylosaurs