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TIL from 1993 to 2009, a total of 165 journalists have been murdered in Russia.

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lo6L5 TIL Jack, a baboon, was employed to change rail signals. After initial skepticism, the railway decided to officially employ the baboon once his job competency was verified. He was paid twenty cents a day, and 1/2 a bottle of beer each week. In his nine years of employment, Jack never made a mistake.
KYbKB TIL Ocracoke has a dialect similar to Elizabethan English. Sadly it’s almost extinct.
reRW TIL that Kevin Buddin, an amateur herpetologist, captured a six foot Taipan (the third most venomous land snake in the world) alive and, after being bitten, stopped locals from killing it. He died from the bite, but the snake was milked to provide the first Taipan anti-venom.
dDkyB TIL Thomas F. Wilson, Yakov Smirnoff, and Andrew Dice Clay were roommates when they were breaking into comedy. TFW is best-known as Biff from the Back To The Future series of movies.
ADrd TIL there’s a biodegradable urn that contains a tree seed that absorbs the nutrients in your ashes. You can become a tree when you die!