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TIL Pierce Brosnan lost both his wife and adopted daughter to ovarian cancer.

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kxyW TIL 1,300 German Tiger I tanks were produced during WWII. As of June 2013, only 7 tanks remain intact and only one of those tanks are operational, Tank 131. This tank will be featured in the upcoming Brad Pitt film, FURY, the first time an operational Tiger I tank has ever been in film.
l7Ll5 TIL about this monkey who learned to run on his legs after losing a limb
Egoaw TIL that there is a Singles' Day. It's a Chinese holiday celebrated on November 11th. They chose the date 11/11, because the numeral 1 resembles a bare stick, which is Chinese Internet slang for an unmarried man
nepaB TIL Tish the goldfish was recognized by the Guinness Book of Records as the oldest captive goldfish, 43 years after he was won as a prize at a funfair.
LKBm TIL Wooly Mammoths survived on a couple of isolated islands in Siberia for up to 6,000 years after the species had gone extinct on the mainland.