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TIL that the lowland gorilla’s scientific name is actually “Gorilla gorilla gorilla”.

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Epdo TIL that prisoners on Greenland are allowed to leave their cells between 06.30am-09.30pm, work, visit relatives, have their own cell key, and use firearms.
vpVR TIL if you ask a Korean “How old are you?” they’ll count from when they were conceived, not born
0GA5 TIL: The “chestbuster” scene in Alien was inspired by the feeling/pain that it’s writer, Dan O'Bannon, experienced when battling Crohn’s Disease.
1aALD TIL Skinny Puppy, a Canadian band sent a bill to the US military requesting $666,000 in royalties for playing their music as torture for Guantanamo Bay's prisoners.