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TIL About the Tsavo Man Eaters. A pair of male lions who systematically hunted and killed Railway Workers in 1898.

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yrew TIL a Tortoise that died in Steve Irwin’s zoo at the age of 175, was once owned by Charles Darwin
VBgpZ TIL of Viktor Belenko, the Soviet pilot who defected with the MiG-25 (most advanced Soviet interceptor of its time), who initially assumed that his CIA handlers were keeping him in an elaborate tourist trap made to impress foreigners because he couldn't comprehend the sheer abundance he was seeing.
V8PD TIL that the greek origin of the word “idiot” was used to mean someone who did not participate in politics and public affairs
0dvjL TIL when the Cleveland Museum of Art's enlarged casting of Rodin's "The Thinker" was blown up in 1970, the base and feet were completely destroyed and it left a "plume of bronze escaping from its base." The museum put the statue back on display and a plaque was added to note the damage.
9Gjm TIL they’re still making the Beethoven movies and are now up to 8 (“Beethoven’s Treasure Tail”)