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TIL Pigs are smarter than dolphins

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JO7v TIL whilst being burnt alive at the stake in 1556 a woman gave birth to a live baby who the executioner then threw back into the flames.
7rADO TIL Mary Queen of Scots (1586) plotted to kill Queen Elizabeth I with secret coded letters. Walsingham (Elizabeth's secretary) cracked the code. He sent Mary a letter using her code, asking her to list all people involved in the plot. She thought the code was unbreakable.
lmWB TIL Disney quietly cut ties with McDonalds in 2006 so as not to be associated with childhood obesity
LQ1eQ TIL after a mine tore off the bow of the Greek destroyer Adrias, it successfully sailed 730 nautical miles from Turkey to safely reach Alexandria harbour
QJyrE TIL of the Cannonball Run, an unsanctioned coast to coast race held by Car and Driver magazine in the 1970s protesting speed limits. Cars would average 100 MPH, barreling across America in as little as two days.