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TIL a new national park was created at the end of 2019

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5YMbB TIL that leatherback sea turtles, the largest turtles on the planet, are among the fastest reptiles. Capable of bursts up to 22mph in the water.
w4QY TIL in 1992 dance/pop duo The KLF were invited to play at the BRIT awards. They unexpectedly performed with a grindcore metal band, fired machine gun blanks into the audience, announced they were leaving the music industry, dumped a dead sheep at the afterparty, and deleted their entire back catalog
yQvZw TIL Donkeys are used to fend off coyotes and other predators, are very smart, and typically become the alpha in a team of horses. They have a great sense of fight or flight and other horses will gauge their reaction by watching the donkey’s behavior.
pZ8Z TIL that in the novel, Forest Gump was 6'6, 242 lbs. Author Winston Groom says he envisioned John Goodman as Forest
W7ZBY Today I learned that 56 plastic bottles are melted and frozen every 60 seconds in North America. This contributes to six percent of all melted plastic waste per day.