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TIL that the scientific name for the western lowland gorilla is ‘gorilla gorilla gorilla’

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epDr4 TIL that the first fight between Joe Fraizer and Muhammad Ali was so packed, that Frank Sinatra couldn’t get a seat near the ring.
obwW TIL of “muntzing”, a method for improving the design of electronic products: Remove components until it stops working, then put the last-removed part back in. It is named after Earl “Madman” Muntz, who used the method to cut manufacturing costs of his popular televisions in the 1940s and 50s.
VMXr0 TIL pistachio shells take several years to decompose
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Me8gV TIL that an alternative name for the giraffe is "cameleopard", which comes from the Greek "kamēlopárdalis".