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TIL Chimpanzees and Bonobos are our closest relatives. Chimpanzees are closer to Humans than Gorillas

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oBM4W TIL the Palm Dog Award is awarded to the best performance by a canine (live or animated) at the Cannes Film Festival, with its name being a play on words of the Palme d'Or, the festival's highest honor. Notable awardees include Dug in Up (2009) and Sayuri in Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood (2019)
neWO9 TIL that Freddie Mercury wrote the song "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" in just 10 minutes while lounging in a bath.
QNZQd TIL Warner Bros Discovery bought the rights to distribute the Olympics coverage to all 50 European countries for Paris 2024 and the next 4 Olympics and limits national public broadcasters the amount of live coverage
p8OEQ TIL about Pistorius, champion disabled runner, allegedly killed his girlfriend. Sentenced to 5 years and released in 2015. An appeal reincarcerated him in 2016 due to release 2019. Another appeal doubled his sentence. Now eligible for parole 2023.
Xvkk TIL that Abdul Sattar Edhi founded Edhi foundation which has rescued over 20,000 abandoned infants, rehabilitated over 50,000 orphans and has trained over 40,000 nurses. It also runs the world’s biggest ambulance service.