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TIL that a group of islands in the Pacific called the Pitcairn Islands are some of the most remote islands in the world with a population of ~50 people. The islands have a very interesting history and are accepting applications for new residents!

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DAyv TIL Michael the gorilla was taught sign language by Koko, the first signing gorilla. He began signing “Squash meat gorilla. Mouth tooth. Cry sharp-noise loud. Bad think-trouble look-face. Cut/neck lip (girl) hole.” Researchers believed this was a description of the poaching death of his mother.
gMpA7 TIL about Elephant Mosquitos. Despite being the largest genus of mosquito, their diet consists exclusively of honeydew, sap, and other sweets. The only exception to is their larvae, which greedily eats the larvae of other mosquitoes.
9er7 TIL Nazi POWs living in American camps buried the corn they were given because they didn’t like it. They got caught when the corn started growing out of the ground.
OpE6 TIL Cristiano Ronaldo funded the education of a 7 y.o. survivor of the horrific 2004 tsunami in Indonesia. 21 days after the disaster, the boy was found alone and wearing a Portuguese national football team jersey. He grew up to be a football player and was signed by Sporting Lisbon in 2015.
9wPmm TIL that character actor Harry Dean Stanton, who acted in over 200 movies ('Alien', 'Paris Texas'), started as an uncredited cameo on Hitchcock's 1956 'The Wrong man'.