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TIL there is a four man anti-poaching team permanently guarding a Northern White Rhino in Kenya

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16oVO TIL a young Thomas Edison helped another inventor, Samuel Laws, design telegraph machines. He expected to be paid a few hundred dollars but Laws instead gave $40,000, which allowed Edison to afford a new research laboratory and factory. There, he amassed 300 employees and developed 50 inventions.
OoGgL TIL of Harold Holt, the Australian prime minister in 1966-1967 that went to swim in the ocean and never came back. His body was never found and he was presumed dead
7va7 TIL There is a pepper grown in Japan called the Shishito pepper. Only 1 out of 10 is spicy and there’s no way of knowing beforehand.
YpjQA TIL Bragging was a virtue in medieval Scandinavia and some made runestones for themselves. "Vigmund had this stone carved in memory of himself, the cleverest of men. May God help the soul of Vigmund, the ship captain. Vigmund and Åfrid carved this memorial while he lived."
0w1bN TIL that Bouchard a tug boat company, hasn't paid their employees since the beginning of the year, and since some of the vessels are at anchor the USCG won't let the mariners leave. They are stuck at work, and not being paid.