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TIL A type of baboon and wolves in Ethiopia live in alliance together in a way that suggests domestication

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lo6BA TIL that Star Trek's William Shatner and Nichelle Nichols performed the first interracial kiss on TV. At the time polls showed that fewer than 20 percent of Americans agreed with interracial relationships.
xoEw TIL that the danger from accidentally dropping one of the lamps used in an IMAX projector is so great that projectionists must wear body armor while doing so
9wVQp TIL that from 1991-1996, a man named Ted Woolsey was responsible for translating Square’s Super NES games into English. Working with many constraints, Woolsey often had to make script changes, such as translating “Damn it!” as “Son of a submariner!”. These are now known as “Woolseyisms” by fans.
vPZ9R TIL dogs can somehow determine the quickest path to fetch a ball thrown in water, something humans need calculus to solve
16pkr TIL the most deadly ship sinking in history killed almost 10,000 Nazis.