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TIL JRR Tolkien was responsible for many W word definitions we have today in the Oxford English Dictionary

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LQ6E9 TIL rhesus macaque monkeys from Asia were released in Florida's Silver Springs park 100 years ago. Today there are thriving colonies across Florida, many carrying Herpes B (which is harmless to monkeys but deadly to humans). 50 people have been infected with Herpes B and 21 have died since 1932.
YpnBx TIL that the hull of the Titanic is slowly being eaten by a bacteria that creates rustcicles. Eventually they will consume all the iron from the wreck.
9YGYD TIL Edward Bruce, King of Scotland Robert the Bruce's brother, was King of Ireland for 3 years.
Y7aRr TIL during Prohibition in the United States President Warren G. Harding would host whiskey-fueled poker games in the White House with a group he referred to as his "Poker Cabinet."
ADONn TIL a Pakistani child Iqbal Masih was a victim of child slavery who escaped his owners and became a national advocate for children rights fighting against child labour and freeing many children. After receiving an award in the USA and returning to Pakistan, he was assassinated aged 12