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TIL about the Zulu philosophy 'Ubuntu', which translates roughly as 'I am because you are': a philosophy of the interconnectedness of all individuals regardless of differences.

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oBw0W TIL Japanese macaques or snow monkeys get their name because they live in the more snowy areas of Japan. Snow monkeys are the most northerly-living primates, other than humans, and they are known to congregate around thermal springs (onsen) in winter. They also enjoy rolling snowballs for fun.
rLK0 TIL that Mark Zuckerberg, named the number 1 philanthropist by Philanthropy magazine, donated $992.2 million to Planned Parenthood in 2013, equal to roughly 18 million shares of Facebook.
X0EED TIL a Royal Navy pilot landed his fighter jet on top of some shipping containers on a Spanish ship.. which continued undeterred to its destination, then took £570,000 for "salvaging" the aircraft.
m1Eex Today I learned, one morning in May of 2007, someone hijacked the local Disney Channel station in Lincroft, New Jersey and played a pornographic scene during an airing of Handy Manny during the Playhouse Disney block
WrEd TIL more Mexican immigrants (1,000,000 people) have returned to Mexico from the U.S. than have migrated to the U.S. (870,000 people) since the end of the Great Recession