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TIL that Human Rights Watch doesn’t pay their interns

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R7n9l TIL that cheetahs are so shy & awkward that some zoos provide them with "support dogs" to tackle their social anxiety!!
Q096 TIL after getting lost in the desert a man tried to kill himself by slitting his wrists, he was so dehydrated his blood clotted the wounds. 9 days later he was rescued 186 miles (299km) away and had lost 40lbs (18kg) living off his urine, bats and snakes.
yRVv TIL that producers feared Johnny Depp’s portrayal of Jack Sparrow would kill the Pirates of the Caribbean, with the head of Disney Studios exclaiming “Goddammit, Johnny Depp’s ruining the film!”
kmX7 TIL all of the JFK files are scheduled to be opened by the end of October.
5YnlP TIL that when serial-killer Carl Panzram was asked if he had any last words before he would hang he replied "Yes, hurry it up, you Hoosier bastard! I could kill a dozen men while you're screwing around!"