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TIL Snowflake is the only known albino gorilla. He was a resident of Barcelona zoo (Spain).

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VrZk TIL Harald Hardrada was a Viking who fled from his native Norway to Russia, then went on to become an elite guardsman in Eastern Roman Empire and fought in Iraq. He then return to Russia to marry a princess and arrived back in Norway as a king and finally invaded England with his army.
0wn0M TIL what the black circles in the microwave window are for! “It’s designed to prevent electromagnetic energy from escaping the microwave and protects you from radiation.” The holes are small enough to protect you, but are still big enough to let you see!
XNbE TIL the SR-71 BlackBird traveled from New York to London in under 2 hours
LQgGV TIL about Giulia Tofana, who helped over 600 women murder their husbands over a 50yr period during the 17th century Italian Renaissance. Her poisonous creation, called Aqua Tofana, was thought to have been laced with arsenic, lead, and belladonna and was sold mixed into cosmetics.
vxG7 TIL it is illegal to not stand up for the national anthem in Thailand