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TIL of the Gigantopithecus, an ape that reached 3 meters (9.8 ft) in height and weighed more than half a ton.

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QaBe Today I learned that Florida US Rep Alcee Hastings was impeached as a federal judge for bribery and perjury and was elected to Congress 4 years later.
D19Re TIL: Quentin Tarantino thinks "The Social Network" Is "Hands Down" the Best Film of the Last Decade. "Dunkirk" is second best.
Ypv1B TIL when Boeing fired over 70,000 employees in Seattle during the 1970s Boeing Bust, a billboard was placed on the highway leaving Seattle stating: “Will the last person leaving Seattle turn out the lights.”
4X65o TIL donated blood is not free; rather it is put on the market to be sold to hospitals for $180 to $300 per pint with the industry making billions in profit
aE5Z TIL the first space shuttle Enterprise was originally due to named Constitution. After a letter-writing campaign from Star Trek fans, President Ford said he was “partial to the name” and told NASA to change it