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TIL: Scotland actually has dolphins, not just any dolphins but the worlds largest bottlenose dolphins.

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JY07m TIL about the "Lost Cause of the Confederacy" narrative --the force behind "heritage" statues all around the US. Pushed for by the "United Daughters of the Confederacy" as pseudo-history to preserve the name of their lost so they won't be historically branded as traitors.
grawW TIL that Mama Cass Elliot and Keith Moon both died in not only the same apartment but also the same bed.
OGa8e TIL: In 1903 Daniel Barringer gambled his entire fortune on a mineshaft believing geologists had misclassified a meteor creator as a volcano and a $1 billion iron ore deposit was to be found. He was correct that the site was a meteor creator, but didn't realize the iron ore had vaporized on impact.
bd04 TIL Years later, when asked why Pickett’s Charge at Gettysburg failed, Pickett reportedly replied: “I’ve always thought the Yankees had something to do with it.”
x6pm5 TIL Millvina Dean was the last and youngest survivor of the Titanic. She was just over 2 months old when the Titanic sank on April 14, 1912. Dean credits her father for her survival. She was one of 706 people — mostly women and children — who survived. Her father was among the 1,517 who died.