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TIL: manta rays pass the mirror self-recognition test.

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78l9b TIL that James Cook discovered the island of Tubuai, Austral Islands of French Polynesia in March 1777 but failed to actually set foot on the island
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PYoZZ TIL that there is still a passenger ocean liner in operation. The Queen Mary 2 offers a regular service from New York City and Southampton, England. It is the only passenger ocean liner in service designed primarily for travel, rather than the leisure of a cruise ship.