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TIl that River Phoenix was born with the last name of Bottom.

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Zp74a TIL shortwave radio is still commonly used for news broadcasts around the world
mxLyE TIL of Shaul Ladany, the current 50-mile walk world record holder and a Holocaust survivor who also survived the 1972 Olympics Munich Massacre by jumping off a balcony.
WWGN TIL panda cubs in captivity are unable to defecate on their own and frequently died of constipation. Caretakers realized they must mimic the mother’s licking so cubs can relieve themselves. (0:40)
w471 TIL that there exists areas where self-sustaining nuclear fission has occurred naturally, essentially a natural “nuclear reactor”
XENDR TIL All of the platinum ever mined could fit inside the average person’s living room