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TIL Gnomeo and Juliet (2011) was Elton's John's passion project, and was produced through John's production comparny Rocket Pictures. The company's other notable works include Rocketman (2019)

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6EVyX TIL that in 1986, when a five year old boy fell into a gorilla enclosure and lost consciousness, a male gorilla named Jambo stood between the boy and the other gorillas in a protective gesture, he even stroke the boy's back. This incident helped create a positive public perception of gorillas.
ADgE7 TIL that the third Monday in January is typically considered to be ‘Blue Monday’, allegedly the most depressing day of the year. Factors contributing to this theory include: debt, miserable weather, post-Christmas blues, failing New Year’s resolutions and low motivation.
e0wQ5 TIL that in January the Department of Labor adopted a new test for unpaid internships to require that the employer get “no immediate advantage” from the activities of the intern
Brdvy TIL that “56% of Americans believe that "Adam and Eve were real people", and 44% believe so with strong or absolute certainty”
D17Pe TIL that the Mongols would catapult the dead bodies of soldiers infected by the bubonic plague over city walls during sieges. This was one of the earliest known accounts of biological warfare.