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TIL that in 2025, Gen Z has triggered a "Dumbphone" boom, with feature phone sales among 18-to-24-year-olds skyrocketing by 148% as users attempt to escape social media fatigue

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67Xw TIL that 3 specially trained beluga whales were placed in a ‘whale paddock’ at the mouth of Sochi Harbor to protect the port from underwater infiltration while the olympics take place
Zj5D TIL ants herd and domesticate aphids, including ‘milking’ them for honeydew nectar, moving them to sweeter plants, and protecting them from ladybugs.
N7XxE TIL that in 1518 a group of people actually danced until they died. One of the only known cases of "dancing mania"
0wrgR TIL of a man named Garry Hoy who died trying to prove to a bunch of students that the glass wall on the 24tn storey of the building he worked in was unbreakable. He threw himself at the glass wall which didn't break but the window frame gave way and he fell to his death.
WGyA TIL: During the parade of nations at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, Greece always enters the stadium first due to its status as the birthplace of the Olympics.