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TIL that Jane Goodall has been researching chimpanzees for 60 years.

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yQ46V TIL that the skeletal remains of Josef Mengele are being used to teach forensics to medical students
GAJlQ TIL that the world’s oldest known living tree is over 9,500 years old and is located in Sweden.
8nGX TIL that a man almost melted a $33,000,000 gold Fabergé egg he purchased at a flea market for $14,000.
JY5J1 TIL that after L. Ron Hubbard's death in 1986, the Church of Scientology officially claimed that he voluntarily abandoned his physical body after it became an impediment to his work, and that he had left Earth to do scientific research on another planet—having "learned how to do it without a body".
9wAZr TIL that on August 14, 2014, Berkshire Hathaway's A Class shares, the highest priced shares on the NYSE, hit $200,000 a share for the first time.