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TIL the last male Northern white rhino joined Tinder

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d8YBj TIL the town of Larkhall, Scotland has such a deep hatred for the color green that a Subway had to paint the outside of its shop black, green traffic lights are frequently vandalized and broken, green phone boxes were painted blue, and green railings were repainted red, white, and blue.
wLe5E TIL that Aladdin animator Randy Cartwright described working on the Magic Carpet as challenging, since it is only a rectangular shape, that expresses itself through pantomime. Cartwright kept folding a piece of cloth while animating to see how to position the Carpet.
9wZy7 TIL the Philippine NCAA basketball championship predates the U.S. by 14 years; the first tournament in the Philippines was held in 1924-25 and March Madness wasn't held until 1938-39.
6EJpZ TIL Hall of Fame pitcher Lee Smith didn’t play baseball until he was a junior in high school, only tried out to win a $10 bet, and only started pitching after his team’s star pitcher was killed in a hunting accident. His first start was a no hitter
b9gvQ TIL nuclear mushroom sights from the Nevada Test Site, visible from Las Vegas, were one of the city's tourist attractions.