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TIL that the blue macaw parrot that inspired "Rio" is now officially extinct in the wild

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Ym1B TIL the fire hydrant patent was destroyed when the patent office in Washington D.C. caught on fire in 1836
l79a TIL Steve Nash divorced his wife right after she gave birth because he realized the baby was not his, but his teammates.
gM6RL TIL that Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore started an Organization called Thorn: Digital Defenders of Children with the goal of designing software to help save children from human sex trafficking. Since then, it has already helped law enforcement identify thousands of victims of human sex trafficking.
4XWRN TIL there was a mission to launch an ISRO astronaut, in one of the NASA Space shuttles in 1986, which got cancelled following the challenges disaster.
ejk5 TIL that a gym call Eco Gym uses cardio equipment which harvests energy from the workouts of its members as a method to cut down on its energy bills. The savings are then passed back to the gym members, giving them an incentive to return for more regular exercise.