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TIL The US owes less to other countries than it’s owed.

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6E77W TIL a man who was in a coma for 10 years gradually began recovering due to his hatred of Barney and Friends, which was shown repeatedly at the special care center he was staying in.
OGQe6 TIL That the color blue doesn’t exist in the animal or plant kingdoms, and is instead created by various optical illusions
ADQAw TIL that Elton John's 1970 breakout hit "Your Song" was written by Elton and originally recorded by the band Three Dog Night, but they did not release it as a single as they wanted to let John, then an upcoming artist, have a go with it.
Me9WA TIL that famous computer hacker Kevin Mitnick only wound up in jail originally because a "friend" was pissed that Mitnick beat him at a $150 bet. | After being bested, Mitnick's then-friend was so angry about losing that he called the FBI and blew Mitnick in.
VMalk TIL In 2020, conservationists captured the first images of Cross River gorillas with multiple babies in Nigeria, proving that the subspecies once feared to be extinct is reproducing. Cross River gorillas are notoriously difficult to capture on camera and no images had captured multiple infants