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TIL: In the three days after the Colorado theatre shooting, the number of people applying for background checks to purchase firearms in Colorado rose 43.5%

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6E0Kw TIL Disney princesses ages : Snow White (14), Jasmine (15), Ariel (16), Aurora (16), Mulan (16), Merida (16), Belle (17), Pocahontas (18), Rapunzel (18), Cinderella (19) and Tiana (19).
g5m9 TIL The once widespread West African black rhino was declared extinct 3 years ago. The reason for extinction was poaching by humans.
rN9b0 TIL that the Tim Tam came after the Penguin
6EeLQ TIL that Singapore was forcibly expelled from Malaysia becoming an independent country against their wishes.
rnax TIL During Apartheid in South Africa, Glasgow renamed the street which at the time was the address of the South African Consulate from St George’s Place to Nelson Mandela Place. Consular officials would be forced to look at his name when reading and addressing postal correspondence.