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TIL Dolphins call each other by “name”.

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BrYJy TIL Musician Ritchie Valens (La Bamba) died at the age of 17 in a plane crash, 8 months into his recording career.
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e0D6b TIL Emperor Marcus Aurelius, the man who ruled the Roman Empire at its apex and considered the best Roman Emperor ever lived for this reason, didn't want to rule, he had a "fear" of imperial power and was reluctant when the senate offered him the position of Emperor.
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OoyBL TIL that the longest serving employee of a company is Walter Orthmann who started his job at a textiles company in Brazil in 1938 and is still there.