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Male dolphins use individual names throughout their life.

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6EXNJ TIL that the irrational feeling of wanting to jump off a high building or to swerve your car into a tree has a name - L'appel du vide (call of the void)
dljd TIL that in 2013, someone hacked the Emergency Alert System in Montana. They sent out an alert that the “dead bodies are rising from their graves and attacking the living.” Several people believed it and called 911.
MvkA TIL It Costs Less to House the Homeless, Than to Leave Them on the Street
DQQRv TIL the painting Las Meninas is one of the most analyzed works in western art. Critics have called it the “theology of painting” and “true philosophy of art”. It’s influenced many artists including Goya and Sargent. Picasso was so obsessed with the painting he executed 58 different interpretations.
wobw1 TIL about Reduplicative paramnesia, a rare delusion where someone believes a place has been duplicated or relocated, often linked to brain injuries affecting the right hemisphere and frontal lobes.