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TIL dolphins have names for each other

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lRaa TIL that the average age that someone starts watching hardcore pornography is 11. Also, 4 out of 5 16-year-olds regularly access porn.
GYkBG TIL that new ponds can be naturally stocked with new fish through birds carrying fish eggs from one pond to another on their feathers or feet.
vbrR TIL there is a formation in Antartica colloquially referred to as “Una’s Tits”, named after a woman who worked in the British Antarcic office.
gMK7y TIL there are over 7000 spoken languages in the world.
9YdXr TIL of Syndrome K: a fake disease that Italian doctors made up to save Jews who had fled to their hospital seeking protection from the Nazis. Syndrome K "patients" were quarantined and the Nazis were told that it was a deadly, disfiguring, and highly contagious illness. They saved at least 20 lives.