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TIL Big game hunting in Africa, when done responsibly, can actually benefit endangered species and produce revenue for the conservation

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pNwb TIL Christopher Lee enlisted in the Royal Air Force during World War II, is a classically trained singer, and is currently still acting at age 92.
RDEQ TIL that an estimated 85 people die for every life saved by speed bumps, because while they slow down cars and save pedestrians they also slow down emergency vehicles that might otherwise save people.
0dyEp TIL that the probability of a blue lobster existing is widely touted as being one in two million. Bright blue lobsters are so-coloured because of a genetic abnormality that causes them to produce more of a certain protein than others.
D1ynv TIL, The Blue Whale, largest animal on Earth which can grow to over 30 meters long, evolved from a land animal named Pakicetus that lived around 50 million years ago. Pakicetus was a four-footed mammal about the size of a wolf and it lived around what is now Pakistan.
OGVj1 TIL that Simeon II and the Dalai Lama, both currently alive, were heads of state during World War II.