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TIL Scientists devise test to find out if we are living in ‘The Matrix’

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0WR TIL Snowflake is the only known albino gorilla. He was a resident of Barcelona zoo (Spain).
LD0Q TIL that the Sochi Olympics takes place right on top of areas that are claimed to be mass graves of the Circassians (Adyghe) people, massacred there by the Russians in the 1860s. One site is actually called “Red Hill” because of all of the blood spilt on it…
9wA57 TIL the "McDonald's Peace Theory" suggests ‘Countries with McDonald’s within their borders do not go to war with other countries with McDonalds within their borders.’
Xnlj TIL that foundries use dirt floors because molten metal can make concrete explode due to trapped moisture
l8GB TIL that the first person to row solo across an ocean also once tried to commit suicide-by-jaguar.