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TIL- Benjamin Franklin is credited for the social innovation of “paying it forward”.

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mxLep TIL Cross River gorillas are the rarest of all great apes and were unknown to scientists until the early 20th century. They were forgotten, then “rediscovered” after scientists had believed the gorillas had become extinct
wyGo TIL The largest virus named Pithovirus was found buried in Siberian permafrost with size up to 1.5 microns. It was revived even though it was 30,000 years old and successfully infected cells raising fears that dangerous viruses could emerge from stasis as climate warmed
LQDGP Today I Learned About Costa Rica‘s Cave Of Death
9MYr TIL outing CIA agents wasn’t made illegal until 1982 after a former agent published several bestsellers which named thousands of CIA personnel
QkJM TIL that Sacha Baron Cohen is lined up to play Freddie Mercury in a movie about his life. I am elated. (1:28 long video)