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TIL the United States Army has an Esports team

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oY4A TIL Ball, the maker of the glass mason jars, is making the mirrors for the James Webb telescope and made the optics for Hubble.Also they are one of the biggest defense contractors.
WkWLY TIL that dolphins have a highly developed spoken language, similar to the human language. This indicates a high level of intelligence and consciousness in dolphins. In addition to this, dolphin brains are somewhat larger and more complex than human ones.
oB6VY TIL that critic Pauline Kael did not like rewatching movies. She felt that one viewing was enough to ‘get it’ and that watching a film repeatedly would make her hate it.
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