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TIL Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco—African countries—are geographically closer to mainland Europe than Malta, an official European country.

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pYmlG TIL that during the making of "Thriller" by Michael Jackson, sound engineer Bruce Swedien set up tape recorders around his Great Dane in a barn overnight to record the howls used as sound effects in the song. When the dog didn't howl, it was decided that Jackson would record the howls himself.
4QdR TIL Dolphins deliberately chew on pufferfish to get high
gMAo8 TIL that certain states have laws which allow you to redeem gift cards for cash
QNgxM TIL: A blue whale's heart beats only 8 to 10 times per minute and circulates 5300 litres or 9326 pints of blood around the whale's body
wL5YJ Zoos and Science Museums are giving species 'Amazon Reviews' on Twitter.