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TIL Elderly Lion Couple at the Los Angeles Zoo that were soulmates were put to sleep at the same time so neither had to live alone

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pQ1N TIL the 1999 Sega Dreamcast game Shenmue strived for accuracy to the point of replicating the weather in Yokosuka, Japan in 1987
gOWL TIL that the US has had 75 school shootings since the Columbine Massacre in 1999. The rest of the world has only had 30 combined
VMEb4 TIL after 6 months, winning the lottery does not make households happier, nor do neighbours’ winnings reduce happiness.
x6J6w TIL that soldiers in WWI wore medieval body armor (which hadn't been used for 400 years) to protect themselves during close-quarters trench warfare.
wRnP TIL Hydrochloric Acid does not digest food. | It sanitizes the stomach, denatures uncooked protein, and activates an enzyme called Pepsin that does digest food.