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TIL According to the CIA, Income Inequality in the United States is worse than Russia, Kenya, the Philippines, and even India

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YpyKG TIL that walruses are actually 18% blubber and 44% muscle, while a certain species of moth can reach up tp 72% body fat.
BaVW TIL that Guy Fawkes, the guy many celebrate and honour as a rebel to the state, was in fact aiming an assassination in the name of religion to restore Catholicism to Britain, not simply rebelling against government power.
eDbk TIL that a chimpanzee Washoe, the first animal to learn American Sign Language, was able to combine the hundreds of signs that she learned into novel combinations that she hadn’t been taught and created herself. She also taught her adopted son some American Sign Language.
8apKX TIL a SwissAir flight was recording a documentary when an engine failed. The film crew was able to capture the calm and cool of the pilots while they turned the engine off, informed passengers, dumped fuel, ate chocolate and took a coffee break.
0w5yv TIL heat lighting isn’t real. It’s just lightning too far off in the distance to hear the accompanying thunder in a storm.