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TIL about the existence of Monkey Tail Beards and that there is a world record for largest gathering of people with them on their faces.

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6E5pY TIL about a shortage of dwarf actors to play the Oompa Loompas in 'Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory', as the Nazis had killed most of the dwarves during WW2.
p8JpQ TIL about ADX Florence, one of the most secure prisons in the U.S. Inmates have been involved in espionage, bombings, mafia hits, serial killings, 9/11, and more.
WkvRN TIL In the 1970s, the New Mexico Dept. of Game and Fish introduced 93 gemsbok (an African gazelle) to the White Sands Missile Range. Today, they number 3,000-6,000.
0wQ8L TIL a 2008 poll of corporate users showed that only 8% of them were "very satisfied" with Windows Vista, while 40% were "very satisfied" with Windows XP.
0ddnv TIL about the Vennbahn, a former railway line that runs across Germany, but the trackbed of the line is part of Belgium, so it creates 5 exclaves of Germany, one of which is only a house with a garden