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TIL Hugh Jackman never knew wolverines were real animals; he mistakenly studied wolves in preparation for the iconic super hero role.

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0wNZL TIL it's cheaper to adopt a black baby than other types of children. Adopting biracial, Latino, Asian or Caucasian children typically has a longer waiting list than for black children. The agencies cut the cost of adopting black children as a means of creating incentive.
neDZ7 TIL that after WWII, a small electronics shop was built in a bomb-damaged department store in Tokyo. The company, Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering Corporation, had only $530 and 8 employees. The company invented Japan's first tape recorder and, in 1958, changed its name to Sony.
E1o7d TIL of Chief Red Cloud, a Native American Nazi sympathizer. He praised Adolf Hitler as a spiritual brother and painted a vision of a coming war when white Christians and American Indians would unite to defeat the Jews.
P1VjO TIL The weight of all the ants on earth is greater than all wild birds and mammals combined.
VM4e8 TIL Despite it's size, the Seychelles is the richest country in Africa, with a total geographical administrative region as large as South Africa, even as an "island" nation.