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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.

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XEyXE TIL about a spy themed restaurant called the SafeHouse. It was founded in 1966 and it has a hidden location with a secret entrance. A password is needed to enter and if it's not given, patrons will have to do silly tasks that are broadcasted to people inside the restaurant in order to enter.
mxvJv TIL at $2 million per 30-second slot, the 2004 finale episode of FRIENDS had the most expensive ad slots for a non-sports program
oR90o TIL A sturgeon's sex can't be reliably determined until 5 years of age, which leaves caviar farms with the significant expense of inadvertently raising males.
m10VY TIL about Glacier Girl, a WWII P-38 fighter that had to make an emergency landing on the Greenland ice. The plane became buried under more than 200 feet of solid ice, but was recovered 50 years later and restored to flying condition.
17pV TIL that when Ronald Reagan took office in 1981, the United States was the world’s largest creditor nation. When he left office in 1989, the United States was the world’s largest debtor nation.