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TIL There’s a script for a Forrest Gump sequel called Gump and Co., based on the book of the same name, in which Forrest is seen inventing New Coke, crashing the Exxon Valdez, accidentally tearing down the Berlin Wall and fighting in Desert Storm with his orangutan sidekick.

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9Ye7r TIL Kiwifruits were originally called Chinese gooseberries, as they are native to China. The name was first changed to melonette, which was unpopular because melons were subject to higher tariffs than other fruit. They were renamed kiwifruits in 1959.
7rjpM TIL that an early Bronze Age woman was found in Britain with two lambs buried beneath her, her finger posed to point towards her ancestors tombs, and a piece of the White Cliffs of Dover chalk against her mouth. Her skull shows that she was sacrificed with a sword.
VBYrZ TIL about Pino Puglisi, an anti mafia Sicilian Catholic Priest who worked steer kids away from and denounce organized crime. He was shot outside of his home, last words to the hitmen were "Ive been expecting you"
OGDEe TIL: A Blue Whale's heartbeat can be detected from 2 miles away, weighs roughly 400 lbs, is around the same size as a golf cart and will slow from 25-37 beats per minute to only 4-8 during deep dives
Zbrp TIL the Ohio River is the most polluted waterway in the United States, with 32 million lbs of toxic discharges every year. Companies are not required to release the results of their chemical safety testing to the public, nor do they have to reveal how much of each chemical they are releasing.