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TIL The 2008 Constitution of Ecuador recognized nature as an entity with legally enforceable rights, making it the first country in the world to do so.

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Me9JV TIL about "the miracle" Olympic Airways Flight 411, when the aircraft lost an engine and critical engine power, but the pilot was able to successfully land it. All following Boeing simulations show that the plane should have crashed; it's still listed as Lost.
XYgE TIL shortly after finishing the filming of Zombieland, Woody Harrelson had an altercation with a TMZ photographer. His defense was that he was still in character and thought the cameraman was a zombie.
N7xOe TIL that when William Jennens known as the "richest commoner in England" died in 1798, his estate became the subject of a legal dispute that lasted for well over a century until the entire estate had been swallowed by lawyers' fees.
4XagJ TIL Owls don't have eyeballs. They have eye tubes.
0wBNA TIL that unlike chimpanzees, bonobo societies are relatively peaceful, with squabbles rarely escalating to serious violence. Female bonobos spend their time together in the center of the group, grooming, eating and socializing. Often, two females will embrace and rub their genitals together