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TIL: Leif Erikson is regarded as the first European to land in North America, nearly 500 years before Columbus.

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GYb4 TIL In Project Washoe, there was a chimp called Washoe who learned 350 words of the American Sign Language. She could understand emotions when a worker signaled ‘My baby died’, Washoe signaled 'cry’ and drew her finger down the worker’s cheek even though chimps don’t cry.
GYmNg TIL that DJ Khaled has his own furniture line
bab4 TIL that in 2006, the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia launched a $1.2 million program to retrain prostitutes as nursing-home caregivers. A supporter explained they had “good people skills, aren’t easily disgusted, and have zero fear of physical contact.”
vPlWR TIL the Earth is moving thru the galaxy at 514,000 mph or 1/1300 the speed of light.
xVD6g TIL the director of Predator and Die hard made a trailer for Ubisofts 2017 Ghost recon: Wildlands and served time in prison for being involved in illegal wiretapping