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Today I learned Charles Darwin and Steve Irwin owned the same tortoise, name Harriet

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KO8ME TIL that "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle" only works in that order. First, reduce consumption. Then, reuse what you do consume. THEN, recycle what you can't reuse.
XG0j TIL Widely regarded as the greatest achievement in collegiate athletics, Jesse Owens set 3 world records and tied a fourth…all in the span of 45 mins.
5YZbP TIL that the 1994 movie Baby's Day Out was reviewed very negatively by critics in the west, named the worst movie of the year by The Buffalo News and grossed only $16 million dollars in the US and Canada. However, in India, it was considered more popular than Star Wars and was remade 3 times.
VM05m TIL that adult women represent a larger percentage (33%) of video game players than boys under 18 (17%).
ep5k TIL that in the 1650s Anthony Johnson, an African man, won a court case that let him keep another African, John Casor, as his slave instead of ending his indentured servitude. This meant that the first legally recognized owner of a permanent slave in America was an African man.