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TIL dolphins have names for each other

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l7aja TIL: After the trans-Saharan slave trade ended, Muslim-African Hajj pilgrims were deceived by tribal leaders, who offered low-cost travel to the East Coast. Upon arrival, they were trafficked across the Red Sea and sold into slavery in Saudi Arabia, instead of being allowed to perform the Hajj.
9eeB TIL that a 17 year old girl fell 2 miles after the airplane she was in exploded due to a lightning strike. She managed to walk for 10 days until she was found by lumberjacks.
v6Ex TIL For Star Wars Episode I, sets were only built as tall as the actors’ heads. The rest of the sets were created using CGI. However, Liam Neeson’s height necessitated the rebuilding of the sets, which cost the production team an extra $150,000.
beRZ TIL John Larroquette was paid with pot for his voiceover work on the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Z8PDv TIL The world's first surgery performed with the use of augmented reality was successfully completed at the Sant'Orsola polyclinic in Bologna.