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TIL that dolphins develop their own names after they’re a few months old.

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b6MGa TIL about the Grafton castaways, a real-life version of Gilligan's Island. Shipwrecked in 1864 on the Auckland Islands for almost 20 months, 5 men survived by building a thatched hut with glass windows and bookshelves. They crafted a forge to work metal, tanned leather, made soap from seashells etc.
7repr TIL ships that were constructed before 1945 are the primary source of steel that is not contaminated with radioactive nuclides. The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki along with nuclear tests and disasters have polluted the atmospheric air that is being used for the steel production.
R7RNQ TIL the largest theft ever investigated by Quebec police was the "Great Maple Syrup Heist" in which 3,000 tonnes of maple syrup, worth $18.7 million, was extracted from 9,571 barrels and replaced with water.
e0605 TIL that Guy Fieri hates eggs. He will eat anything with eggs as an ingredient, but will not have eggs scrambled, sunny side up, or poached.
n1wY TIL Goose Pulling was European colonial era blood sport that involved fastening a live goose with a well-greased head to a rope and a man riding on horseback at a full gallop would attempt to grab the bird by the neck in order to pull the head off.