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TIL a Tortoise that died in Steve Irwin’s zoo at the age of 175, was once owned by Charles Darwin

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d8e67 TIL Jon Bon Jovi owns restaurants in New Jersey & there are no prices on the menu. If you are unable to pay the suggested donation, you may still enjoy a delicious meal.
07wN TIL in May 2011, Two Muslim men in traditional Muslim attire were removed from an aeroplane after other passengers said they were uncomfortable. The men were on their way to a conference on prejudice against Muslims
YLEZ TIL that, while working for Sports Illustrated, Kurt Vonnegut was assigned to write a piece about a race horse jumping over a fence and attempting to escape. He stared at a blank piece of paper all morning then wrote, “The horse jumped over the fucking fence,” and then left.
VM1wD TIL of early French socialist Charles Fourier (1772-1837) who believed in the future, under his system people would grow tails and live 144 years, as well as there being "anti-lions", which would be friendly and pacifistic.
a8G4b TIL that since before The Civil War no Democrat has been elected President to replace an outgoing Democrat President.