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TIL dolphins have names for each other

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vPY1R TIL A 2004 British reality show selected nine contestants for their suggestibility, tricked them into thinking they were flown to Russia, then had them compete to become space tourists. The "winners" were placed on a simulator and tricked into thinking they were in space for five days.
neQ4B TIL that Will Sampson had never acted before playing Chief in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, the producers were just looking for a tall Native American and chose the 6'7" (2.01 m) Sampson after a car dealer called them and said "the biggest sonofabitch Indian came in the other day!".
QrAp TIL in North Korea marijuana is recommended as a healthier, cheaper option to tobacoo
l7WDr TIL: Sumerian and Babylonian math used a base 60 system. 60 was the most important number in Mesopotamian math. It is such a useful number system that today, we still measure time, angles, and coordinates using the Base 60 system created by the ancient Mesopotamians!
1an6P TIL that Winston Churchill and Adolf Hitler scheduled a meeting over tea in 1932. Hitler stood Churchill up, rescheduled, and stood him up again.