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TIL modern fruit is becoming too sweet for zoo animals after years of genetic modification.

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oByR8 TIL After ordering multiple massacres, Zhang Xianzhong had his few remaining loyal servants carve a stele to explain his actions. The stele read: "Heaven Brings Forth Numerous Things to Nurture Man. Man Has Nothing Good With Which To Recompense Heaven. Kill. Kill. Kill. Kill. Kill. Kill. Kill."
KYNm6 TIL Norway knighted a king penguin, Sir Nils Olav III, colonel-in-chief of the Norwegian King's Guard and baron of the Bouvet Islands
rN7r1 TIL that over 10,000 people have won the 72 ounce steak challenge
rNnM1 TIL about Nurkhon Yuldashkhojayeva, an Uzbek actress and one of the first Uzbek women to dance onstage without a burqa on. She became the victim of an honor killing in 1929.
GKJN TIL that in 1968 Olympics, Kip “Kieno” was late for the 1500m final, because he was stuck in traffic. He ran 2 miles to make it to the event on time, and still won the gold. He was also suffering from Gallstones.