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Today I Learned: One of the first covert listening devices was given to a sitting US President as a gift.

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bNd9 TIL dolphins have been recorded having conversations in which they alter volume and frequency of pulsed clicks to form individual “words” which they string together into sentences in much the same way that humans speak. Each dolphin would listen to a sentence without interruption before replying.
OGbg4 TIL that the Catholic Church runs a secretive facility outside St. Louis, Missouri where it sends abusive priests. At its peak, it operated 23 such facilities around the world.
Rm99 TIL: Coach Stan Van Gundy was fined for saying NBA shouldn’t be playing games on Christmas Day
rNO6x TIL there is another copy of the Mona Lisa in existence. It was presumably painted by a student of Leonardo da Vinci
nWrLd TIL the average prison wage in the U.S maxes out at 52 cents per hour