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TIL Several people accused actor Kiell Smith-Bynoe of putting on blackface when he appeared in a promotional film for the BBC. He is in fact black.

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WkDPN TIL about the Human Towers of Barcelona/Catalon, often reaching a height of 9-10 people high
gMDRy TIL about Robert Kahn, a Jew who was forced to play his violin for Nazis while they held his parents and ransacked his home in 1938. Later, he hid the violin. He fled the Nazis, served in the US Army in WW2 and, years later, retrieved the violin from hiding, but never played it again.
rRn70 TIL There were 22 California condors left in 1987 (0 in the wild). Thanks to conservation efforts, there are ~500 now. Its 3.0 m (9.8 ft) wingspan is the widest of any North American bird!
oB9pr TIL in Equador, ambulances have the ability to take over car radios to warm drivers. This has resulted in a 40% reduction in response times
4keog TIL: The phrase "you're joshing me" dates back to 1883 to a man named Josh Tatum, who was a counterfeiter