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TIL that technically Van Zandt County, Texas is still at war with the United States of America.

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ZGkv TIL in 1996 a female gorilla rescued a 3 year-old boy after he fell 18 feet into a primate enclosure at the Brookfield Zoo in Illinois which housed 6 other gorillas. The gorilla, who was carrying her own infant on her back, cradled the boy and took him to a door where paramedics could retrieve him.
QLja TIL When they return to Earth, astronauts have to fill out government travel vouchers as if they were on regular business trip. Link to Apollo 11 voucher in comments.
Lky9Z TIL that Michael Keaton's real name is Michael Douglas and to satisfy SAG rules he had to change it due to some obscure guy with the same name.
VKZ4 TIL that the nose in this face ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°), is the clicking noise in African languages.
KOj5J TIL that Sergei Rachmaninoff's famously massive hands may have come from Marfan's syndrome