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TIL: Harambe the Gorilla is named after the 1988 song "Harambe (Working Together for Freedom)" by Rita Marley, widow of Bob Marley.

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kJ8YW TIL about the infamous Ash Wednesday bushfires that ravaged the states of South Australia and Victoria on the 16th of February 1983. The fires burnt 3 million acres in a single day claiming a total of 75 lives and a total insurance cost of $324 million. ($1.16 billion adjusted for inflation)
j685E TIL That Japan's fertility rate dropped dramatically for a one year in 1966 because of the superstition of "Fire-Horse" — it was thought that any women born during this year would "have a bad personality and will kill their future husband."
o4ZW TIL 86% of the victims of female sexual predators aren’t believed, so the crimes go unreported and don’t get prosecuted.
OGnA1 TIL that Puffball Mushrooms, which have spores the when flicked turn into a puff of smoke, has the Latin name <i> Lycoperdon </i>, literally meaning “wolf fart”.
Dbdr TIL That in France it is illegal to deny that the holocaust happened.