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TIL that reindeer and caribou are the same animal

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vPK9K TIL that some of the terra-cotta warriors have been discovered still covered in their original paint, which has been preserved against the oxidizing damage that stripped most of them. They look very different in color.
kOvLW TIL that Danny Trejo often chooses to play bad guys who lose to teach people that bad guys often die or go to prison, and that one should try to live a good life.
yZAw TIL that the most prolific serial killer of the 20th century (300+ victims) is currently free and his whereabouts unknown.
rRWgx TIL of William Kamkwamba, who taught himself to build windmills from library books. He built his first windmill, at age 15, out of junk from the scrap yard and brought power to his Malawian village. Later on he built another windmill to power water pumps to irrigate fields.
m1ZWo TIL Levi's allegedly wanted to use the Dead Kennedys song "Holiday in Cambodia" for a jeans commercial. Or so former lead singer Jello Biafra claims, the rest of the band claims this was an attempt to discredit them due to owed royalties.