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TIL that if New York were split into its five component boroughs, four of them (Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn, and the Bronx) would be among the ten most populous cities in the US.

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Wk5Y8 TIL not only was Sterling Holloway Jr. the voice actor of the snake Kaa in the 1967 “The Jungle Book” and the Cheshire Cat in the 1951 “Alice in Wonderland”, but most famously he was the original voice of Pooh from “Winnie the Pooh”.
x6M9b TIL that when Borland needed a name for a new software product, developers wanted to call it "Delphi". Marketing wanted "AppBuilder". A few months before release, Novell shipped its own "AppBuilder", preventing that name's use. The developers got their wish and the company announced Borland Delphi.
BDBy TIL that between 1941-1944, Turkish diplomats saved thousands of Jews by issuing them Turkish passports and sometimes pulling them off trains headed for the death camps. Among these diplomats was Necdet Kent, whose son Muhtar Kent, is the current chairman and former chief executive of Coca-Cola.
1OBD TIL that kiwis technically have the shortest beaks of all birds because kiwis’ nostrils are on the end of their beaks and a bird’s beak is measured from the tip of the beak to the nostril.
GYXVg TIL when Lawrence Anthony, known as "The Elephant Whisperer", passed away. A herd of elephants arrived at his house in South Africa to mourn him. Although the elephants were not alerted to the event, they travelled to his house and stood around for two days, and then dispersed.