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Today I learned that in 1962 a man bought a deserted island in the Seychelles and planted 16000 trees, reintroduced 120 giant turtles and hundreds of birds turning the island into a protected national park

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erKb TIL a Japanese high schooler struck out Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig and Jimmie Foxx back-to-back. Rejecting an offer from manager Connie Mack, he went on to pitch three no-hitters in the Japanese league before being killed in WW2.
XE4JE TIL of 'male menstruation' that was considered a normal part of growing up in twentieth century Egyptian culture but was actually due to an endemic parasitic bladder infection from schistosomes causing bloody urine.
dDWd9 TIL that when Susan Boyle when announcing the release of her album, tagged it as "#susanalbumparty". It should have read #SusanAlbumParty, or which was also misread as #SusAnalBumParty.
nevBG TIL the Japanese work philosophy of “kaizen”, where people constantly seek to find ways to improve methods instead of just doing it the same way
yQX8l TIL that a "sense of impending doom" is a medically recognised symptom, and can indicate certain conditions.