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TIL there are squirrel monkeys living in the wild in Florida

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oRGA TIL that Kirk Hammett encouraged Les Claypool to audition for Metallica after Cliff Burton died. After not getting the job, James Hetfield said it was because Claypool was “too good” and “should do his own thing.”
4kJrJ TIL of Tippi Degré, a French girl who spent the first ten years of her life living among wild animals and Bushmen in rural Namibia, and was known for befriending elephants, big cats, and other dangerous creatures.
74bM TIL of Freddie Oversteegen, a girl with the Dutch Resistance who would seduce nazis and lead them into the woods where they would be killed
Rl5Q TIL Fidel Castro set up his own recreation of the Kennedy assassination using Cuban military snipers and concluded Oswald couldn’t have acted alone.
gMk89 TIL Africa is larger in size than the United States, China and Brazil combined. While Russia, the most populated country in Europe, has a net population of approx. 145 million, Nigeria alone is home to approx. 195 million people. West Africa alone is home to 5% of the world's population.