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TIL that dolphins "sleep" by shutting down half their brain so they can keep control of their breathing.

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QJBmp TIL that Elton John was the first artist from the west allowed to perform in Russia during the Cold War. While there, Elton was given a Russian 'interpreter', who he knew was a KGB spy. He seduced the spy and made love to him on the rooftop of the hotel he was staying in.
Bg4re TIL A dam in Saltville, VA holding back a pond filled with 27 years of toxic waste broke on Christmas Even of 1924 and flooded an entire neighborhood killing 19 people.
NRQP TIL the Concorde plane used in the disaster film Concorde ‘79, was the same Concorde that would crash in France and kill 113 people 21 years later.
4XKaX TIL that Stan Lee served in the military during World War II for three years after hearing about the attack in Pearl Harbor
kJdbE TIL: The slow worm is neither a worm nor a snake despite having no limbs.