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TIL the elephant's closest relative is the manatee.
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TIL the Thai thief who stole valuable gems and set off the Blue Diamond Affair between Saudi Arabia and Thailand in 1989, told reporters in 2016 that he would become a monk for the remainder of his life (then 65 years old) to repent for his dishonest actions
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TIL: The quintessentially 40’s-mid 60’s American futuristic Jetsonesque architecture (think Back To The Future, bowling alleys, diners etc) which includes monuments such as the “Welcome to Las Vegas” sign and the Seattle “Space Needle” is known as “Googie”
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TIL the Yin Yang symbol was first used by the ancient Romans as a shield pattern, 700 years before its appearance in china
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TIL that after Ukraine banned the display of communist symbols in 2015, the city of Odessa turned a statue of Lenin into a monument to Darth Vader
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TIL that Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes, of TLC, was in a car accident that killed a young boy, Bayron Lopez. She mourned the boy and felt that death “made a mistake” due to their similar last names and it was her that was supposed to die. Two weeks later she died in another car accident.