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TIL that “In 2013, India officially recognized dolphins as non-human persons”

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RQQ1 TIL that the first gunpowder weapon was actually a melee spear with a one shot flamethrower attached called a fire lance used by the Chinese around year 1000.
p8eRO TIL that “Shots to roughly 80 percent of targets on the body would not be fatal blows” and that “if a gunshot victim’s heart is still beating upon arrival at a hospital, there is a 95 percent chance of survival”
OGGya TIL about Oliver the Chimp, who was billed as a human/chimp hybrid due to his flat face, walking upright, and his "preference for human women".
5jWR TIL that the British Museum is older than the United States
Y6B TIL University of Washington students created an artificial intelligence program to detect “that’s what she said” jokes.