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TIL: In 2014 Namibia raised over $350k by auctioning off the right to hunt one endangered black rhino. The rhino was past breeding age and detrimental to the rest of the herd. The money was used to protect endangered animals.

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OGMbg TIL: USS Fomalhaut was launched 25 January 1941 by Pennsylvania Shipyards, Inc., Beaumont, Tex., as Cape Lookout, a Type C1 ship cargo ship. The launch used 7,000 pounds of ripe bananas, which the US Maritime Commission found to be an "efficient substitute" for traditional launching grease.
wLGQE TIL Henry Winkler's Parents escaped Nazi Germany on the last day Jews were allowed to leave. Since they were given only a six week visa, Henry's father hid his mother's jewelry inside pieces of chocolate to covertly take as much wealth with them as they could without being detected by the Nazis.
v1eR TIL Kris Kristofferson was a Golden Gloves boxer, a Rhodes Scholar, a military Captain, a West Point professor, and landed a helicopter in Johnny Cash’s yard to hand him music that became song of the year, ultimately going ono a successful music career, and then onto Hollywood to make movies.
O6N1 TIL that Genghis Khan was responsible for the deaths of so many people that the earth’s carbon levels dropped by almost 700 million tons
oVAK TIL that in addition to having mild winters, Greece has a period of about two weeks around the end of January in which the climate is like summer’s. It’s been going on every year and for at least 3000 years!