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TIL that until 1902 the Okapi was thought to be a mythical creature, even being called the "African unicorn".

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9Ye0G TIL that Quentin Roosevelt was the only child of a US President to die in military combat.
L7aQ TIL The Army pressured the filmmakers of Black Hawk Down to change the name of the war hero portrayed by Ewan McGregor because the real life soldier is serving a 30 year prison term for raping his six year old daughter
dDNej TIL that remittances (the practice of a foreign worker sending money back to their families) account for 20% of Haiti's GDP, the highest rate in the world.
XEkaE TIL of Lucy, a chimpanzee who was raised to believe she was human. She learned to sign over 250 words and some of her hobbies included drinking gin, browsing Playgirl magazines, and masturbating using a vacuum cleaner.
ne1Qo TIL about "the Singing Revolution" which happened between 1987 and 1991 in Estonia when people gathered in public places to sing national songs together despite the ban. This and the "human chain" from Estonia to Lithuania were among the events that led to the independence of Baltic states.