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TIL that koala fingerprints are nearly identical to human's and could taint crime scenes

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PlVG TIL The KEO Time Capsule, which will be launched in 2014, will re-enter Earths Atmosphere 50,000 years from now. The cool thing is that everyones invited to submit their own 4 page letter.
pYPAN TIL The London Bridge, built in the 1830’s, spanning the River Thames, was relocated in 1971 to Lake Havasu City, Arizona where it is still in use.
5W49 TIL of John Joe Gray, a fugitive who has been holed up with his family on a ranch in Texas since 2000. The sheriff has refused to attempt to arrest him for fear of “going up there and getting one of my young deputies killed.”
kOEAW TIL that regular car horns in America usually honk the note F. Older cars (1960-70) honked the note C#.
b087 TIL Pope Francis is the first Jesuit Pope, the first Pope from the America’s, the first Pope from the Southern Hemisphere, and the first Non-European Pope in 1,272 years. I think he is also the first Pope to be a nightclub bouncer.