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Egx8w TIL dolphins actually have names for one another, using a unique whistle to distinguish between different members within their pod.
j6jGM TIL Several African countries don’t like second-hand clothes being imported to their countries because it is destroying their local textile industry.
j6KQE TIL The 2 hour long This is It concert film was selected from more than 100 hours of rehearsal footage of Michael Jackson in preparation for his 2009 comeback concert series that never happened. It opened with simultaneous premieres in 99 countries, with the mood both sad and celebratory
rN51w TIL Queen Victoria’s grandson Waldemar had hemophilia. The German royal was treated well by the Nazis and received multiple blood transfusions. In 1945 when Germany fell, all medical resources were diverted to holocaust survivors. The Americans refused Waldemar a transfusion and he died at age 56.
oR1NK TIL about the lugger, "Greyhound" - a modern 3 masted lugger ferrying cargo between european ports under full/almost-full sail power.