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TIL there is actually a rhino species still covered in body hair, the Sumatran Rhinoceros which is also the last surviving member of the genus Dicerorhinus

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xVA00 TIL archeologists discovered a sailing ship from the 1600s buried 15 feet beneath Manhattan.
AD8rd TIL about Bridger Walker who saved his little sister from a vicious dog attack, stating, “If someone had to die, I thought it should be me,”. After his heroic act he was crowned heavyweight world champion by the World Boxing Council for a day. nsfw.
5YxXr TIL that legendary stand up comedian Lenny Bruce pretended to be gay to get out of service after four invasions in the Pacific in 1945, after 30 months of service. Bruce got his Undesirable Discharge papers 3 weeks after confessing to a navy doctor... He was the inpiration for Crpl. Klinger in MASH.
Wkpgd TIL That the theme from "The Magic School Bus" isn't sung by someone imitating Little Richard, but by Little Richard Himself.
KOyl6 TIL when two soldiers in the Canadian Airborne beat a Somalian teenager to death, and then their superiors attempted to cover it up, the Canadian government disbanded the entire Canadian Airborne