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TIL that Oprah dated movie critic Roger Ebert

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jNg4a TIL war criminals convicted in the Hague don't actually serve their sentences there
x6n1b TIL that Bubbles, Michael Jackson's pet chimp, is still alive and leads his own band of chimps at the Center for Great Apes in Florida. He's shy around cameras and spends a lot of his time painting.
MelGK TIL that juveniles of the endangered Regent Honeyeater are struggling to learn their species' mating call due to there being so few adults. 12% of males were found to be copying other species' songs instead, further contributing to their decline.
nepwd TIL of the Diomede Islands, despite being separated by less than 4 Km, the time difference between them is of 21 hours. In winter the sea between them freezes and one can walk from "yesterday to tomorrow" or from "tomorrow to yesterday".
AN0lx TIL of French Neo-Socialist, Marcel Déat. In May of 1939 he wrote 'Why Die for Danzig' (Mourir pour Dantzig?) urging France to appease Hitler by surrendering to his ultimatum for Danzig. Déat would later act as a collaborator with Vichy France.