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TIL that in Argentina, orangutans are granted human-like rights

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a811y TIL Josef Goebbels wrote a three-part semi-autobiographical novel called “Michael: A German Destiny in Diary Form” which was published in 1929. The story is about a young man returning to Weimar Germany after serving in World War I.
6Qpw TIL Canada and Spain almost fought a war against each other in … 1994
m1PjR TIL Electron microscopes produce only black and white images. Colour doesn’t exist at that scale, because the things it images are smaller than the wavelength of visible light but false colour as often used
woXOW TIL convicted NXIVM cult leader Keith Raniere has had many girlfriends who died untimely and suspicious deaths. One girlfriend, who simply disappeared, was last seen alive at a NXIVM meeting.
l7OxN TIL Much of Canada's National Parks were built by suspected enemies of state, conscientious objectors, and the jobless. In 1943, 440 German POWs were brought to Riding Mountain National Park where they captured a bear and made it the camp mascot.