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TIL that 34.5 % of the female prison population in Canada are aboriginal women, even if they only accounted for 4% of the total Canadian female population

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6bEQ TIL at a Marine Mammal Studies Institute, dolphins were trained to turn in trash that fell into the pools in exchange for fish. One dolphin was smart enough to hide pieces of paper under a rock, tearing off smaller pieces from the paper in order to get more fish out of it.
gMWmy TIL that male funnel spiders use pheromones to knock females unconscious before mating.
WQAd TIL that Pixar accidentally deleted Toy Story 2 off their servers. The project was saved by an employee who had the data at her home.
Z8ynD TIL that a man working at Kmart in the 80s and 90s saved a collection of cassette tapes that were sent from Kmart's corporate office to be played over the in-store speaker system while people shopped. He later digitized the tapes and uploaded them online where they can be heard today.
6Ex5m TIL male penguins don’t have penises and penguins just kind of “rub holes” to have sex.