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

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D1E0Y TIL of William A. Jackson, a former slave who had served Jefferson Davis. He routinely observed communications between Davis and other Confederate officials. When he fled north in 1861, he gave the Union detailed information about Confederate military deployments, supply issues, and planning.
nexAG TIL The Devil's Cigar is a fungus that strangely only exists in small area of Texas and Japan separated by 11,000 km the two populations have been separated for at least nineteen million years. It looks like a cigar, hisses, releases clouds resembling smoke, then splits open into a flower shape.
LQykp TIL that Gasoline is produced differently in summer and winter, which is why gas prices drop so steeply during the winter.
BnDe TIL a Star was so Frequently Mistaken for Mars it was named Antares (anti-Ares) or ‘Not Mars’
vvrx TIL The Ancient Chinese knew of the Roman Empire and attempted to send an envoy as early as 97 AD