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TIL that Red Wolves are a critically endangered species with only 35 left in the wild!

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WWQB TIL that a water treatment plant was home to 107 million spiders.
4rWo TIL the organisers of the 2012 London Olympics contacted The Who’s manager to ask if Keith Moon would play at the opening ceremony. He died in 1978.
yQlae TIL that Thomas Jefferson and John Adams were friends, turned bitter rivals, then friends again. Both died on the same day 5 hours apart.
9M0Q TIL that there is a legend that the Ottoman Sultan intended to send £10,000 to Ireland to aid in the Starvation, but was stopped by Queen Victoria who had only sent £2000. Instead he sent £1000 and three ships full of food. A letter of thanks from the Irish is in the Ottoman Archives.
wLvE8 TIL that Australia bans porno performers with 'A cup' breasts to curb pedophilia