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TIL: A kindergarten was built on the former site of the monkey lab were Reston Ebola was discovered

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nWEJ9 TIL The Ailurarctos is an extinct species of panda. Like modern pandas, they fed on bamboo. Fossil records indicated that they existed 6 to 7 million years ago
eOjJ TIL: Netflix employs a team of “taggers” who are paid to watch Netflix and tag the content.
d8XmB TIL the first undisputed dog remains buried with a human are dated 14,700 years ago. Disputed remains go as far back as 36,000 years ago
Y7ReA Today I learned that in Japanese zoos, zookeepers dress as tigers as training for zoo escapes
l7GVK TIL TWA flight 800, a Boeing 707, crashed during takeoff in Rome in 1964 after a thrust reverser deployed during it's takeoff roll, causing it to ovverun and hit construction equipment at the end of the runway, killing 49. this is not to be confused with the 1996 crash of TWA 800.