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TIL at the end of the Top Gear US Special after arriving in New Orleans, the hosts gave their cars away instead of selling them as originally planned after seeing the damage from Hurricane Katrina

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neNrP TIL: Killer Whale is a mistranslation of Whale-Killer - Orcas are part of the dolphin family and hunt whales
ka7E TIL that despite the first Dalai Lama being born 622 years ago, only 14 people have ever held the title.
Ooj07 TIL Morphogenesis, the math behind for example a giraffes spots or a zebras stripes. This theory coined by Turing found that these apparently random patterns have a mathematic order.
ZrnB TIL despite sanctions, ExxonMobil has been (and still is) drilling and producing oil in Russia via a loophole that has since been closed.
gMovy TIL when Chris Pratt was asked by his wrestling coach about what he wished to do with his life, he responded with, 'I don't know, but I know I'll be famous and I know I'll make a s- ton of money.'