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TIL that dolphins from different communities and areas have different regional dialects and accents.

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7V5b TIL that in a study done over 13 years and involving 15,000 doctors, it was demonstrated that taking a daily multivitamin actually does reduce your risk of getting cancer
v1RNL TIL of Irina Margareta Nistor, a Romanian woman that dubbed banned Western films during Romania's Communist regime, and by doing so, voiced Sylvester Stallone, Jean-Claude Van Damme, and Tom Cruise (among others).
Q5Pp TIL that in “Monty Python And The Holy Grail” during the Black Knight battle, when the Black Knight is down to one leg left he is played by a real one legged man because John Cleese could not balance well on one leg.
M74YV TIL about Blindsight, blindness caused by damage to the brain's occipital cortex. People with blindsight cannot consciously see, but they still have a sense of depth and motion, can develop reflexes, "sense" when something is in front of them, etc.
R7909 TIL Lawn darts are also banned in the USA in 1988 as they sent 6,000 people (81% were 15 or younger) to the ER in eight years. In Canada, lawn darts resulted in at least 55 serious injuries, so they were banned for sale in July 1989. The sale of second-hand lawn darts is also illegal.