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TIL okapis are giraffe’s only living relatives

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b9RkE TIL in 2006 three men tried to steal a koala from a Queensland, Australia zoo. They gave up after the koala “scratched the shit out of them”, so they stole a crocodile instead.
x4g7 TIL the Voyager missions were launched when they did to take advantage of a unique planetary arrangement that allowed flight time to Neptune to be reduced from 30 years to 12. This alignment occurs every 175 years.
QJr7p TIL: Hall of Fame Baseball pitcher Nolan Ryan was in the league long enough to strikeout 7 pairs of fathers and sons when they eventually joined the league later on his career.
R5meQ TIL that all of the shots of the little island above Bikini Bottom in Spongebob Squarepants were filmed in Genndy Tartakovsky's pool
kJpmE TIL that 'Sticky Vicky' featured in the TV show 'Benidorm' was a real person who actually had that act.