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TIL No Mountain gorillas are in zoos and the only way to see them is to go on a gorilla trekking tour. Permits are $700 per person in Uganda, $1,500 per person in Rwanda and visitors are allowed one hour with them

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x6Xb7 TIL during the rise of Japan as a major economic power, seen as an economic threat to the US, anti-Japanese sentiment was so high that a Chinese American was beaten to death before his wedding on the assumption that he was Japanese. In 1987, US congressmen smashed Toshiba products on Capitol Hill
QNLD9 TIL In Johannesburg, Ponte City a 54 story Apartheid era Luxury Apartment Complex fell to violent gangs and had a trash pile 14 stories tall. People used the 54 story balconies to commit suicide by jumping into the Courtyard
wLevY TIL that Monty Python and the Holy Grail originally included the characters riding on real horses but they could not afford to rent them so they were forced to add in the iconic coconut bit, which is an old radio trick.
BDrD TIL of Sarah Rector who in 1913 at age 10 was known as “Richest Colored Girl in the world”. After being given a land grant that unknowingly produced 2,500 barrels of oil a day. Soon she received a daily revenue of $300 (approx $2.6 million annually today) and marriage offers worldwide at age 12
5VrjP TIL the song Harper Valley PTA (1968) became a movie (1978) and a TV show (1981). Has this happened before or since with a single song?