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TIL modern fruit is becoming too sweet for zoo animals after years of genetic modification.

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oBx6A TIL BMW holds the world record for longest (water assisted) drift at 232.5 miles in which they preformed mid-drift refueling five times breaking a second record for longest twin vehicle drift.
9YonG TIL a daughter of US Rep. Leo Ryan (who was famously murdered while investigating the cult at Jonestown in 1978) later went on herself to join the Rajneesh movement (which orchestrated the first and largest bioterror attack ever in the US, and plotted to assassinate a US Attorney).
JYdMB TIL Rodney King died on Father’s Day in 2012 by drowning in a swimming pool. This was 28 years after his father died, also on Father’s Day, and also by drowning.
mQ6Y TIL that so many Mongolians have studied at Colorado universities that the street the US Embassy to Mongolia is on was renamed “Denver Place”.
ADMko TIL the first time a switch hitter went up against a switch pitcher they kept alternating stances until the umpires stopped the game