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TIL there has never been a recorded case of a gorilla killing a human being.

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bGN9 TIL That the word phoney comes from the name for an Irish scam called “Fawney Ring” In which someone is sold a fake golden ring
Z8b0a TIL that in 2006, USA Today and Good Morning America revealed a list of the 'New Seven Wonders of the World' including the Internet.
j6MeM TIL about Open Insulin Foundation, a team of biohackers working to make insulin accessible to everyone via an open source small scale manufacturing model. Their work started in 2016 with a $16k crowdfund, and now they are transitioning into a 501(c)(3).
WlD8 TIL the US Embassy in Moscow caught fire in 1977. Sensitive information was stolen by several firefighters who were also KGB agents.
VB4g8 TIL Pacific Electric (PE) was America’s largest interurban electric railway system, blanketing the Los Angeles region with more than 1,000 miles of rail lines