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TIL that “swooses” (a cross between a swan and a goose) exist

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GYrnJ TIL a couple spent 26 years replanting a rain forest in 1991 and now it covers over 300 acres of wildlife that is home to more than 200 globally endangered species of plants and animals, including Asian elephants and Bengal tigers.
MeKyV TIL that Steve Jobs was so good at applying his reality distortion field to convincing employees not to quit, that the original Macintosh motherboard designer planned to just walk into Steve's office and pee on his desk before he'd have the opportunity to convince him not to quit.
woxxJ TIL that in 1087 sailors from Bari (southern Italy) stole the body of Saint Nicholas from Myra (modern day Türkiye). Despite fears of the locals, newly converted Muslims who still worshiped the saint, and Saint Nicholas himself, they brought it home and still celebrate the theft each year on 6 Dec
XXOQ TIL Keith Moon hated drum solos and refused to play them in concert. At one show, Townshend and Entwistle decided to spontaneously stop playing to hear Moon’s drum solo. Moon stopped too, shouting “Drum solos are boring!”
M7bG7 TIL actor James Cagney was originally cast as the lead in 1938's "The Adventures of Robin Hood", being Warner Bros' biggest star at the time. But after he walked out on his WB contract, it paved the way for the role to go instead to Errol Flynn