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TIL Joe Rogan is second cousins with Gerard and Mikey Way of My Chemical Romance

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gr6W8 TIL about the Mapogo lion coalition of 6 male lions that took over 70K hectares, which was ruled by 8 different prides and killing over 100 lions in the process. They completely changed the entire Sabi Sands ecosystem.
8amMP TIL in the 2014 World Cup Final between Germany and Argentina, Christoph Kramer suffered a concussion in the 17th minute. He continued to play the game and later asked the ref "is this the final?" After the ref answered "yes" Kramer looking stunned replied 'Thanks, that's important to know.'
m7PO TIL when Vermont adopted the Latin motto “Stella quarta decima fulgeat,” some locals complained that the state was honoring Mexicans and other Latinos.
YpBVx TIL Franklin Sprague, an amateur tinkerer, in 1888 managed to build the very first electrified rail system that spanned 12 miles - a feat that was accomplished in just 90 days and paved the way for a viable mass transit system
v1PWB TIL that in 2016 India gave its citizens less than 4 hours notice that their two largest bills (worth about $8 and $16) would no longer be legal tender. They were only allowed to exchange a max of ₹2000-4500 ($31-70) per person per day, and ATMs were still running out of cash up to 5 months later.