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TIL that there are pink dolphins in amazonas river

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VMR7G TIL that in 1921 private police in the US dropped bombs and tear gas on a coal miners camp when they went on strike for better working conditions
4kBMR TIL that there's a condition called Fregoli delusion, where individuals believe that different people they meet are actually the same person in disguise.
J4Wj TIL: That in 1962, a programmer omitted a single hyphen in the code for the Mariner I rocket, causing it to explode shortly after take off. This typo cost NASA the equivalent of $630 million dollars today.
kOKMe TIL Queen Victoria's engagement ring was shaped like a serpent. Prince Albert designed the ring by himself. During this time, serpents were a popular symbol of love. They are also an ancient Roman symbol for everlasting love.
WkgB4 TIL that in a 2017 criminal case, the US government put the secrecy of its hacking tools above all else. Prosecutors chose to drop all charges in a case of child exploitation on the dark web rather than reveal the technological means they used to locate the anonymized Tor user.