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TIL of the wreck of the slave ship L'Utile which in 1761 crashed into Tromelin Island near Madagascar, an island without animals or trees. 60 Slaves were left behind. FIFTEEN YEARS later the survivors were rescued – seven women and an eight-month-old child.

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d8ADB TIL that crows are one of the smartest non-primate animals on earth, with the intelligence of a 7-year-old human. They use and manipulate tools, they have long-term memory including facial recognition, and they understand analogy.
vPm64 TIL that a baby still in the womb received heart surgery to remove a tumor
780rO TIL Hyenas are part of the Feliformia ('cat-shape') sub-order and are closer relatives to cats than they are to dogs.
nelLr TIL in 1984, a group of cannabis growers in Northern California sued the federal government, alleging they had been subject to illegal surveillance by U2 spy planes.
xApg TIL Muslims suffered between 82 and 97 percent of terrorism-related fatalities over the past five years.