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TIL for 2 years the US had a 100 year old man as president of the senate; being 3rd in line for the presidency

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Kaoa TIL the Disney animated Jungle Book character, King Louie, is an Orangutan but in the live action version they changed him to a Gigantopithecus. Although extinct they once lived in forest throughout India, which avoids the movie perpetuating a geographic fallacy.
4VYN TIL paper cuts hurt so bad because paper does more microscopic damage to the skin, and there often isn’t blood to protect nerves afterwards.
WkgxN TIL a 7-year-old boy named Zhenya Tabakov was posthumously awarded Russia’s Order of Courage. He died defending his older sister from being assaulted by a criminal in their home. Zhenya stabbed him with a kitchen knife and he let his sister go. She ran for help. The criminal stabbed Zhenya 8 times.
M7rlB TIL about the first wearable computer
xVjDD TIL that Mcdonald’s stopped using beef tallow in their French fries after a wealthy heart attack survivor spent $3 million dollars on full page newspaper ads calling out the chain for their unhealthy menu.