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TIL the famous "Tank man" from the tiananmen square protests was never identified.

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8BMG TIL some cooperative bottlenose dolphins off the coast of Brazil help fishermen - having signaled with head and tail slaps to the fishermen where to drop nets, they corral the fish toward into them and eat the fish missed by the net.
VMEVB TIL that the soundtrack used in the "You wouldn't steal a car" anti-piracy advert was actually pirated.
RkJw TIL the largest population of tigers in the world is in the USA. The number of tigers in captivity now exceeds that of wild tigers.
oRv9Y Today I learned that soccer player Mark Hughes played two professional games in two different countries for different teams on the same day.
woEDE TIL: Chuck Feeney (who died today) donated over $8B over his lifetime, nearly the entirety of his wealth, and mostly anonymously