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TIL The first recorded divorce case in America was granted to Anne Clarke whose husband cheated and abandoned her

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6E4VY TIL A woman visited the Gorilla enclosure at the Rotterdam zoo on a near daily basis and smiled at the male, Bokito while staring at him. She was warned not to but kept doing it, claiming Bokito smiled back and that they shared a bond, until one day Bokito escaped and charged her, almost killing her
jWOv TIL Each year over 800,000 people worldwide die by suicide
Me1r8 TIL In the 3 volume 2000 page Principia Mathematica it takes until page 86 in Vol.II to prove that 1+1=2, a proof humorously accompanied by the comment, "The above proposition is occasionally useful."
OGkYL TIL about Nzou, an elephant that's been the matriarch of a buffalo herd for over 40 years. She has been challenged at least 14 times for the leadership of the herd.
e089E TIL Wolves make great foster parents and even adopt other species' offspring sometimes such as fox cubs!