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TIL Pigs are smarter than dolphins

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Lk61P TIL that a christian leader who says God sends natural disasters to punish gay people, had his house destroyed in a flood in 2016
L9E9 TIL Starting in September 2016, the Italian government is giving every 18-year old citizen a cultural allowance of $500 euros ($563 dollars). This money is to be spent on culture, from concert tickets, books and museum admission to other qualifying events.
1aXWO TIL some cultures lack masturbation. The Aka and Ngandu people of the Congo Basin have no word for masturbation and are confused by the concept.
0wlYy TIL that George R.R. Martin continued to use his DOS word processor WordStar4 from the 1980s until 2011
xVXeg TIL that Laika, the first dog in space, was taken home by a scientist shortly before her launch to play with the scientists's kids.He wrote '"Laika was quiet and charming...I wanted to do something nice for her: She had so little time left to live'.