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TIL that animals in the wild die from all kinds of things, from tuberculosis in sea lions to hepatitis in bear cubs (paragraph 5)

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5V1bD TIL that Paine Wingate was a founding father who attended the Continental Congress, served in both the Senate and the House, and died at age 98. (After being born in 1739, the same decade as Washington)
LQXJP TIL Legenday blues musician B.B. King was actually born Reilly King and used his given name professionally early in his career. While working at a radio station he used the name "Beale Street Blues Boy," which morphed into just "Blues Boy," and eventually just "BB."
6yLZ TIL that there’s a Justice League comic in which a superhero assassinates a Saddam Hussein analogue in order to end the atrocities of his regime. His actions actually end up destabilizing the country, making the quality of life for citizens much worse than it was before. The comic came out in 1999.
8eJwZ TIL the Olympic Village of the 1980 Winter Games held in Lake Placid became a Federal prison
m1rJx TIL that during the filming of "The Matrix" in 1999, Keanu Reeves took a significant pay cut to ensure that more funds were available for special effects and costume departments, improving the overall quality of the film.