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TIL Late 80s, during visiting a zoo, Mike Tyson offered the zookeeper $10,000 to open a gorilla cage so he can go in there and punch the Gorilla who he noticed was bullying all of the other primates.

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e0Y9J TIL doctors stationed in Antarctica must have their appendix removed before going on post.
ZArD TIL 5000 years ago the Chinese created nail polish and used it to symbolize wealth and power among the elite. It was forbidden among the general population. Reports exist of commoners sentenced to die for wearing it.
yVRV TIL No child has ever gotten sick or died from tainted Halloween candy
neKVY TIL a 260-ton "upsetter" mechanical forging machine was sent to the USSR in 1942 as part of war aid. It turned out tank driveshafts and large artillery shells. In 2016 it was purchased, dismantled, and shipped back to Ohio for re-manufacturing.
9bvG TIL that in 1944, on the verge of the Liberation of Paris, Hitler ordered it’s governor to leave it a “pile of rubble,” and destroy all religious and historical monuments. The Governor refused, saving Paris.