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TIL on average dolphins rape about 14 people a year

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4XZ46 TIL that there is a concept opposite to déjà vu called jamais vu, wherein familiar concepts or situations become seemingly unfamiliar. An example of which is when words sound like jibberish after saying or writing them enough times.
pYJAN TIL there are miniature drones like we see in the movies called the "Black Hornet Nano", which are in active use by Militaries around the world. They measure 16x2.5cm and cost $195,000 each!
4kEZo TIL that Mikhail Gorbachev was a spokesperson for Pizza Hut. Link Below!
4GQg TIL that in 1361, Peter I of Portugal captured assassins who had decapitated his wife, and publicly executed them by ripping out their hearts with his own hands.
KYLD4 TIL the k in knight used to be pronounced. Same with the g.