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TIL NBA player George Hill owns an 850-acre ranch in Texas filled with kangaroos, zebras, ostriches, wildebeests, elk, antelope, Arabian oryx, red lechwes, New Zealand red stags, kudus, and other exotic animals

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d85LE TIL In 1969 Mister Rogers' and Officer Clemmons of "Mister Rogers' neighborhood" shared a pool in episode 1065 . This marked the first time in TV history an African American was portrayed swimming with a White. Clemmons hoped "the world would change" after the airing of the episode
LQxdv TIL that Indeed.com is owned by a Japanese Company called Recruit Holdings Co. This is the same company that was involved in the infamous "Recruit Scandal," which was an insider trading and corruption scandal that forced many prominent Japanese politicians to resign in late 1980s including a PM.
rylo TIL that Lake Victoria is so huge that if all of humanity went for a swim, everyone would have over 9 m^2 space for themselves
XEMOD TIL: there are an estimated 200 bodies on MT Everest that hikers use as markers on their journey up the beast of a mountain, including a corpse named “green boots”.
awyZZ TIL that despite holding the record for most best acting nominations (12) and wins (4), Katharine Hepburn never attended the Academy Awards ceremony, except in 1974 when she presented the Irving G. Thalberg award to a friend.