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jNvgE TIL about "The Lion House" in Gorongosa, Mozambique. When humans abandoned this safari lodge, the lions took over. Gorongosa became a national park in 1960.
xVVmb TIL one of the worst cases of child abuse. Genie, as she would become known, was a feral child when discovered at the age of 13.
rNEgM TIL in the 1960s, General Electric designed a portable astronaut escape pod made out of a plastic bag called MOOSE ("Man Out Of Space Easiest"). An astronaut would reenter Earth's atmosphere in a giant, foam-filled plastic bag
mxvGp TIL: In WWI, Capt Robert Campbell, a British POW asked the Kaiser for leave to visit his dying mother. The Kaiser agreed, if he promised to return. Campbell returned. He and other prisoners then spent nine months tunneling out of the camp, although they were later captured and sent back.
xVDQ5 TIL In 2004, FromSoftware (now known for the Dark Souls Francise), released Metal Wolf Chaos which takes place after a state of civil and economic unrest in the first quarter of the 21st century, and features the 47th President fighting a military coup d’etat from coast to coast within a mech suit.