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TIL Koko the Gorilla who knows sign language is still alive, teaching sign, and playing with her pet cats

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lopXN TIL the film Shrek was based on a children's book "Shrek!" that was published in 1990
ndnY TIL that the ban of leaded gasoline is believed to have been a major cause for falling violent crime rates in the United States
w7NY TIL Honey has antiseptic properties due to its ability to produce hydrogen peroxide within
VM7gm TIL about Bombay Beach in California. In the 1950s and '60s it was a thriving resort. Guests swam, water-skied, and golfed during the day, then headed to the yacht club to party into the night. Now, Bombay Beach is a bleached, rusted, abandoned wasteland. It's an apocalyptic landscape.
VBNgk TIL the Amur Falcon coordinates his migration with the migration of the Globe Skimmer Dragonfly so as to feed on the wing over the Indian ocean.