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TIL The legal battles over the "Monkey Selfie" ruined the photographers life to the point of making him drop photography to find work as a dog walker.

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ne0aP TIL The beautiful story of David Milarch. After a near death experience, he had made it his life's mission to revive and preserve the last Redwood Forest. His quest is noble and needs support and recognition.
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nMMW TIL of the Forer Effect, the observation that individuals will give high accuracy ratings to descriptions of their personality that supposedly are tailored specifically for them but are, in fact, vague and general enough to apply to a wide range of people.
ZjBR TIL the living room set in The Addam’s Family was actually pink.
4X94w TIL of the Korean TV programme, 'Finding Dispersed Families', that aired in 1983 and was responsible for reuniting over 10,000 Koreans with family that they had lost during the Korean War. Originally planned to be 95 minutes, the programme went on to run for 453 hours, with over 53,000 participants.