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TIL The statue of Migjid Janraisig in Gandan Monestary, Ulaanbaatar Mongolia is The Tallest Indoor Statue In The World.

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NXQV1 TIL in 2018 the first documented instance of interspecies adoption between animals that strongly compete for resources in the wild was recorded when a lioness was observed to have adopted a baby leopard as one of her own.
yQ9Gl TIL that 'Cuban Pete', the song sung by Jim Carrey in 'The Mask' is not an original song and is actually a Desi Arnaz song from 1946. He's best known as Ricky Ricardo on 'I Love Lucy'.
nemA7 TIL There was a carnivorous mammal that killed and ate dinosaurs
NXYGe TIL the average human grows 590 miles worth of hair during their lifetime
4OpJ TIL In 1884 two British men cannibalized a dying child after being shipwrecked for weeks, which saved their lives long enough to be rescued. They were then convicted of murder and sentenced to death upon returning to England.