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TIL about "Moyenne Island" a small uninhabited island in Seychelles which one Brendon Grimshaw bought for £8,000 in 1962. With help from a partner, Rene Antoine Lafortune, Grimshaw transported and bred roughly 120 tortoises onto the island which is now the worlds smallest national park

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x0NB TIL that U.S. Marine Smedley Butler, one of the most decorated servicemen in American history, was a staunch critic of U.S. military endeavors, including his his own participation, saying “In short, I was a racketeer, a gangster for capitalism.”
YjZ7 TIL found roaming outside Canberra, Australia, Chris the sheep avoided shearing for years. The fleece was so massive, Chris could barely walk. It took five shearers 42 minutes to remove 89 pounds of wool, which set an (unofficial) world record for most wool.
MeGZm TIL The first recognized example of a game machine was unveiled by Dr. Edward Uhler Condon at the New York World’s Fair in 1940. The game,based on the ancient mathematical game of Nim, was played by about 50,000 people during the six months it was on display and the computer winning 90% of the games
Yo0Z TIL When the Nazi war criminals were hanged, many received facial injuries from falling through too small a trapdoor, and suffered a long death due to the rope being too short
6Ov7 TIL Sally Field only played Aunt May in “Amazing Spider-Man” as a favor to the producer, and described it as “ten pounds of shit in a five pound bag”