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TIL about Diego the tortoise who "had so much sex he saved his species". Named after the San Diego Zoo he belongs to a critically endangered species( just 15 tortoises left alive in 1976 ). After a successful breeding program he ended up fathering around 900 offspring.

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9wWom TIL about Margaret Hamilton, famous for her role as the Wicked Witch of the West, was a former kindergarten teacher who used her celebrity status to advocate for children, animals, and public education throughout her life. She was known for her kindness and ability to connect with children.
Zpwv TIL the Human Eye is a 576 MP “Video Camera” with a Frame-Rate of 220 Frames Per Second
KONgG TIL of Wille Herold, a private of the German Army in World War II, who posed as a Luftwaffe captain and subsequently organized the mass execution of deserters in a German prison camp in the last days of the war.
XEQwr TIL Napoleon had a healthy obsession with Australia his whole life. Had he won at Waterloo he intended to name part of Australia “Terre Napoléon” (Napoleon Land) and brought back 200+ species of Australian flora and fauna to France, making Josephiné the first person in history to breed black swans.
j68pp TIL about a documentary called Titicut Follies, directed by Frederick Wiseman. The documentary took a look at the conditions inside Bridgewater State Hospital for the Criminally Insane in Massachusetts. In 1967, a judge issued an injunction that prohibited the film from being shown to the public.