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TIL ants evolved from wasps
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TIL all the koopalings are named after celebrities, mostly musicians. Except Larry, who just looked like a Larry.
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TIL of the American Hippo Bill, an attempt to introduce hippos into the bayous of Lousiana
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TIL Jack Toper, an RAF wireless operator in WW2, was a member of the 'guinea pig club' for RAF members who suffered burns. Medical records show skin from his stomach is attached to his arm and grafted onto his face to make a new nose.
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TIL An elephant (Tarra) and a stray dog (Bella) were inseparable best friends at a sanctuary in TN. Tarra even waited outside a building for a week as Bella healed from an injury.
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TIL on April 29th, 1992, leaders of L.A.‘s two most notorious gangs, the Bloods and Crips, brokered a peace agreement in response to the acquittal of 4 LAPD officers in the vicious beating of unarmed motorist Rodney King. This agreement was facilitated by football hall of famer Jim Brown.