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TIL of Evelyn McHale. The Most Beautiful Suicide (link in comment)

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Zobp TIL pineapples used to be valued at $5000, rarely eaten and used as a status symbol at parties
eg4E TIL there is an island off the coast of Dublin, Ireland that has a population of wallabies. They are the descendents of animals that Dublin Zoo could no longer care for due to overcrowding
yVOyp TIL that both the National Air and Space Intelligence Agency + Space Delta 18 (DEL 18) unit both have a Sphinx Symbols which represent their role in analyzing, producing, and servicing Intelligence.
0dRPN TIL prehistoric cave art may have been an early form of cinema. When torch light is simulated at the historic hearth, superimposed images on the wall appeared to move. Rhinos charge, antelope leap and arrows fly.
7rllO TIL that only 17% of restaurants fail within their first year, despite the commonly touted figure of 9 / 10