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TIL The “New Forest” in the UK dates back to William the Conqueror, making it almost 1000 years old.

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LYV TIL Bryan Adams was approached for use of his song “Only the Strong Survive” on the Top Gun soundtrack. He did not want to be associated with a film glorifying war, so he declined permission.
wN4J TIL Yale researchers taught monkeys to use money, monkeys came up with prostitution and bank robbery
v1myR TIL the Office planned to break up Jim and Pam in the final season
OGMyR TIL Astronomer Rudolf Wolf observed sunspots through a telescope for 46 years from 1847 and managed to reconstruct historical records back to 1610. His sunspot number monitoring work continued at the Zürich Observatory until 1979
rRYD1 TIL more people have died climbing Table Mountain in Cape Town, than have been killed by Everest. Poor planning, dehydration and even losing concentration while taking selfies are to blame.