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TIL The only White Giraffe on the planet is found in Kenya and is fitted with a GPS system to detect poachers

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7Z4L TIL If everyone lived as densely as the do in Manhattan, the human race could fit in New Zealand.
ADxrl TIL that the 29th May (also this Friday) is officially “Put a Pillow on Your Fridge Day”: before refrigerators were invented in the 1920s, families in Europe and the USA would place a piece of cloth on their larder for good luck once a year.
M7yKA TIL that lots of famous artists have died in plane crashes, including Glenn Miller when his military plane fell from the sky, Buddy Holly while on an airplane, Patsy Cline who's manager flew in bad weather and John Denver who piloted a home-built aircraft he had recently purchased.
b9dW9 Today I learned Steve McQueen was one of the pallbearers at Bruce Lee's funeral.
nykP TIL John Lennon originally wrote “Come Together” as a campaign song for Timothy Leary, who was running for governor of California at the time. When the song didn’t work out, Lennon took it to the Beatles. It was the last song all four Beatles cut together.