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TIL It is only 8.7 miles from Europe to Africa and there is talk of building a bridge or tunnel

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d8WNQ TIL a single Chilean Flamingo named "Pink Floyd" escaped a Utah aviary and lived a solitary life at the Great Salt Lake for 18 years, eating brine shrimp and socializing with gulls and swans. Locals unsuccessfully petitioned to have other flamingos released in the area to keep Floyd company.
LkLQ0 TIL Guinness records are set by people who apply for them, the company doesn't "seek out" new potential record holders
XOO6 TIL Scientists are on the verge of being able to produce viable, living human organs via 3D bioprinters.
1a6Mr TIL Anderson Cooper once saved a Haitian boy from looters after the 2010 earthquake
woeXP Today I learned there have been 9 dog mayors elected in small Small towns in California, Minnesota, Colorado, Kentucky, as well as one in San Francisco. One "re-pup-lican"campaign promised "a bone in every dish, a cat in every tree, and a fire hydrant in every corner"