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TIL There has only been one albino gorilla known to exist and he was appropriately named Snowflake.

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nYgo TIL of Leyla Mafi, a mentally disabled Iranian girl who was prostituted out by her mother and gave birth at 9, for which she was punished with public beatings and imprisonment
ADPDg TIL...Alexander the Great likely used linen armor called Linothorax, not bronze. The armor, made of many layers of linen glued together, is stronger, lighter and cooler than bronze and could have contributed to Alexander's success.
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