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TIL Johnny Cash recorded a concept album about the unfair treatment of the American Indian in the United States

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YpMLG TIL Australia has a long history of throwing eggs at politicians. The Australian Federal Police was formed in 1917 after a Prime Minister was egged.
W7VA4 TIL that 440 nuclear reactors provide 10% of the worlds total electricity.
9w0B7 TIL that Orangutans are the largest tree-dwelling animal on the planet. They are astonishingly intelligent, with high IQ and problem solving, and have been named the world’s most intelligent animal in a study that places them even above chimpanzees and dolphins.
b6eWE TIL that in 2008 a proposed forensic technique suggested analyzing antibodies. It was said to be faster than DNA though wasn’t intended to replace it.
kO8e1 TIL in the year 2000 a new type of ant was found in the Amazon. It was so unlike anything previously recorded that it was not only recognized as a new species, it also became the sole member of a new genus, AND subfamily.