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TIL that Beluga Whales can mimic the pattern of human speech. One captive beluga, after overhearing divers using an underwater communication system, caused one of the divers to surface by imitating their order to get out of the water.

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kO7V4 TIL in 2006 a teenage girl secretly pointed a webcam at her bed and left it running all night, hoping to prove to her mother that her father was molesting her. In spite of the video evidence, the jury voted to acquit because they thought the girl "didn't seem upset enough" during her testimony.
OG0v7 TIL when Game Boy was first released 1989, the North America version came bundled with only Tetris. Only four other games were available: Allyway, Baseball, Super Mario Land and Tennis. Within ten years more than 1000 games were available.
l77AG TIL that a frequently-posted image claiming that a woodpecker’s brain is protected by their tongue wrapping around their brain, isn’t true. It’s simply because their brain is so small, that the decelerations involved in pecking don’t cause brain damage.
b9NB9 TIL in the 1930s NBC Radio added a 4th Chime to their 3 Chime jingle, alerting employees that historic news was happening, and all staff members needed to report. The 4th Chime was used after the Hindenburg explosion, and on D-Day
Jppm TIL that Dysthanasia is the opposite of Euthanasia and means “bad death”. It often occurs in modern medicine when a terminally ill person is kept alive beyond their natural period, thus prolonging their suffering.