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TIL that dolphins are known to engage in non-reproductive sexual behavior, including masturbation, genital stimulation with flippers or rostrums, and even homosexual contact.

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R5w7Q TIL The Hong Kong Stock Exchange closes for an hour for lunch
EyAx TIL Kim Mathers told Eminem to not perform the infamous song “Kim” at a concert she was attending. He proceeded to come out on stage with a blonde blow up doll and choke it to “death”, she went home and slit her wrists.
pYRKO TIL that a component of the immune system is defensins ('defense' + '-in', which is the suffix for anything protein related). They are proteins with antimicrobial properties and can kill microbes directly, which can be an alternative for antibiotics.
MEQ7 TIL Anderson Cooper was in the CIA
168Pd TIL that after WWE wrestler Diamond Dallas Page went through a character change in late 2001, that being of a motivational over-the-top positive speaker, he would get his teeth whitened and got a facelift to fully commit to the new character.