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TIL that Michael Jackson's chimpanzee 'Bubbles' is still alive at 40 years old and living in Florida

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pYEAe Today I learned about independent cities - cities in the United States that have the governmental power of counties and thus do not belong to any county or counties.
YPbx TIL the boy scouts, who don’t allow gay leaders and only recently have allowed gay scouts, was founded by a gay combat veteran.
WLWB TIL that 1 in 6 men have experienced abusive sexual experiences before age 18, and that researchers consider this to be an underestimate.
nWnBB TIL that Edward Teller, the father of the hydrogen bomb, once proposed a 10 gigaton bomb. It would have been 670,000x stronger than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima, and 200x stronger than the Tsar Bomba, the largest bomb ever created. It's estimated to have been able to set all of France on fire.
1aJPr TIL that a man in Sudan was forced to MARRY A GOAT by his local council of elders after being caught in the act with it by the goat's owner. He also had to pay a $50 dowry to the owner. It is not clear if they are still together.