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TIL that in South Africa, the Evolutionary theory was only introduced into the high school curriculum in 2008. Before that, the government had ignored it because it went against their beliefs (in creationism.)

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b6prQ TIL that the makers of Donkey Kong Country wanted the Kongs to be voiced by actual gorillas and spent hours recording some at a zoo, only to realize that gorillas are actually very quiet. Finding themselves without sounds to work with, they had a programmer do gorilla impressions instead.
7rGPL TIL that half of the US population lives in just 146 counties out of the 3000+ total.
JY6PQ TIL Rival ice cream truck drivers in Glasgow in the 80s sold drugs from their trucks, shot at each other, and committed arson in the Glasgow Ice Cream Wars.
PW4E TIL that a man tried to redeem 7 million Pepsi points for a harrier jet. When Pepsi declined, he sued.
koa5 TIL that there’s 3G mobile phone coverage on the summit of Mount Everest, so you could tweet from the top.