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TIL That Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Guess Incorrectly On a Jeopardy Answer...That Involved Him.

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x6Ol7 TIL prairie dogs have their own language to communicate incredibly specific information like what color shirt a guys wearing or how fast an animal is approaching. They even have a cute jump-yip that looks like they’re throwing their hands in the air, celebrating when they’re safe from danger
E1Eg0 TIL that Los Angeles County libraries allow kids 21 and under to read away what they owe in late fees at a rate of $5 per hour. Since the program launched last year, LA County libraries have logged more than 50,000 reading sessions and reinstated more than 13,000 previously blocked accounts.
j6xrQ TIL the first fax machine was introduced in 1865, 11 years before the telephone
vP0oL TIL: The highest number counted to out loud was 1 million. It took him 89 days with each day averaging just over 11,200 numbers per day
BrmKb TIL that Joe DiMaggio was so in love with Marilyn Monroe that after her death he had flowers delivered to her grave twice a week for 20 years