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TIL that there is an island in Japan that is overrun with tame rabbits

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a84yA TIL that the US Gov't GPS was provided to the public in the aftermath of the 1983 Soviet downing of KAL flight 007, after it had strayed off course into Soviet airspace.
9dYG TIL that after his role in The Pursuit of Happyness, Will Smith learned to solve a Rubik’s cube in 55 seconds.
yQ7aa TIL that Professor X and Magneto were based on MLK and Malcolm X, respectively.
e0w95 TIL Turkey has changed the scientific (Latin) names of three animals species because of references to Kurdistan and Armenia. The names were changed by the Turks because they believed the naming of these species was with "ill intentions against Turkish unity."
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