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TIL that the Western black rhino is officially extinct.

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WJ4X TIL there are four sunken nuclear submarines at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean. One, located near Bermuda, holds sixteen live nuclear warheads.
9YEdM TIL that the same studio that produced Akira, TMS Entertainment, also made Animaniacs and Tiny Toons
OopVg TIl the US strategic petroleum reserves are stored in underground caverns carved out of salt. Salt does not react with the oil and is self-healing. The plastic behavior of salt will cause it to naturally close fractures or gaps and prevent any leakage.
1O8X TIL The Nation of Islam believe that white people were invented as an evil race by a scientist named Yakub, 6,600 years ago. The experiment also produced ‘red, yellow and brown’ people. Some of the white people Yakub created ultimately became gorillas.
BXDd TIL in 1984 Ronald Reagan had 525 electoral votes, more than any other president