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TIL kola has similar finger prints like humans.

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AZv7 TIL that the sled dog Balto was stuffed after his death, and now resides in the Cleveland Museum of Natural History.
rRWL4 TIL the one liner, "Why Do We Drive on Parkways and Park on Driveways?" seems ironic because the terms predate automobiles. Way means path, park means scenic natural space, and drive means short private road.
xVLE7 TIL During the Irish famine, about a million people died and another million emigrated, causing the Island's population to drop by about 20-25 percent.
9xnD TIL that in 2011, former presidential candidate and governor Mitt Romney made more money in 13 hours than the average American made in a year.
XEprR TIL Burt Ward (Robin from the 1960's Batman TV show) owns a dog food company called Gentle Giants and also runs a rescue centre that has saved over 15,500 dogs to date.