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TIL Koko the Gorilla loved Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood. When Rogers met her, she hugged him and followed standard protocol based on what she’d seen on the show: she took his shoes off.

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DQYXY TIL: A family of 12 performers, 7 of whom were dwarves, all survived Auschwitz after being separated by Mengele. Several prisoners who survived claimed they believed they were hallucinating when they saw seven well-dressed dwarves passing by.
We64 TIL when asked what future technology they would most like to have, young adults answered “time travel” more than any age group, while 30-to-49-year-olds wanted robot servants more than any other age group. Senior citizens were the least interested in time travel.
Me0V8 Today I learned camels originated in North America, but went extinct here along with mammoths, sabre-toothed tigers, and horses, coinciding with the migration of humans from Asia.
bjEN TIL Disney animators supposedly slipped a single frame of a naked woman into a film to see if Walt could catch it. There are many variations, but one states that Walt continued watching, and when it finished, asked, “Whose idea was it to add the naked woman?” and fired all those responsible.
gMl1X TIL After serving only 16 months in office, U.S. President Zachary Taylor passed away after eating too much cherries and drinking iced milk at a July 4th party in 1850. He was diagnosed with cholera morbus and died on July 9th. The acidic fruit along with the milk is believed to have caused this.