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TIL that Costa Rica plans to shut down its zoos and release some animals in captivity and eventually do away with public zoos altogether

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KV0Q TIL that before Saladin died in 1193, he had given away all his wealth to his poor subjects. His estate consisted of 1 piece of gold and 40 pieces of silver, not enough to pay for his funeral.
p8jEZ TIL Teddy Roosevelt nearly died on several occasions while exploring the previously uncharted River of Doubt. After surviving a close call with a coral snake and an emergency surgery on his leg, he became delirious with a fever and repeatedly demanded to be left alone to die in the jungle.
OvWX TIL that the word “hobbit” has been found exactly once in texts predating Tolkien, in a list of magical creatures with no explanation or context
W5nX TIL there is a Finnish Christmas film called Rare Export in which Santa Claus is a killer monster
EgyRX TIL The Rock created The People’s Elbow in an attempt to get The Undertaker to break character