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TIL Tanzania auctions off Hippo Teeth 'Ivory' allegedly to collect money to fund conservation efforts for the said animal

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XWkk TIL allegations of Walt Disney being anti-semetic are unfounded, as he regularly donated to Jewish charities, employed a large amount of Jewish employees, and none of his employees‍ ever accused him of making anti-semetic slurs
m14eo TIL ; Illegal child labor is on the rise in a tight job market | CNN Business
vQxR TIL: A Detroit man is incredibly good at winning carnival games. In fact, he has won nearly 250,000 large stuffed animals in his lifetime… and donated them all to various charities.
6E0El TIL about the 1998 AFF match, in which neither Thailand nor Indonesia wanted to win as the winner would have to face Vietnam. Indonesia scored an own goal to face Singapore, the 'easier opposition'. Thailand lost to Vietnam, Indonesia lost to Singapore, and Singapore went on to win the tournament.
0lw1 TIL in 2005, Sony used music CDs to illegally install a rootkit virus on 22 million computers; and when caught, they released an uninstaller that failed to remove the rootkit, installed further programs and illegally collected user information