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TIL Steve Irwin and Charles Darwin owned the same tortoise.

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pXMZ TIL during the Napoleanic War a French vessel wrecked off the coast of Hartlepool killing all the crew except for one monkey dressed in a military uniform. The people of Hartlepool having never seen a Frenchman or a monkey before held an impromptu trial for the monkey and sentenced it to death.
ejoD TIL at the age of 17 Bill Hicks’ parents took him to a psychoanalyst, who, at the end of the session, told him “it’s them, not you”.
Z898B TIL of the 'Tamworth Two', a pair of pigs that escaped from a truck headed for a slaughterhouse in England. They were on the run for a week before they were eventually caught. The Daily Mail newspaper bought the pigs, which were then sent to an animal sanctuary to live out their lives
lo9aG TIL that Mother Teresa secretly confided in friends frequently about her lack of belief in God
rGKM TIL Nestle is draining water from Poor areas to sell to the poor and fought to take away water as a human right.