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TIL the European Bison or ‘wisent’ exists and was considered extinct in the wild in 1927. Since then, this species has been reintroduced in many European countries. They are making an amazing comeback and now are no longer considered an endangered species

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OoVea TIL in 1914 the Puerto Rican Congress Voted Unanimously for Independence from the US; the US Government Ignored the Vote
dlG7 TIL Garry Hoy threw himself through a glass wall on the 24th story of the Toronto-Dominion Centre and fell to his death after the window frame gave way. He was attempting to prove to a group of prospective articling students that the glass was unbreakable.
5Y10p TIL of the 4 Chaplains. A Jewish Rabbi, a Catholic priest, and 2 Protestant ministers who were on the SS Dorchester when it was torpedoed. The 4 helped evacuate the ship and gave away their own lifejackets when supply ran out, then joined arms and sang hymns as they went down with the ship.
1W58 TIL that McDonalds turns away a higher percentage of applicants than Harvard.
JYwgl TIL at the Starbucks located inside of the Central Intelligence Agency in Langley, Virginia, customer names cannot be called out or written on cups due to security concerns.