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TIL That Najin is one of the two remaining northern white rhinos in the world, protected round-the-clock by armed guards against poachers. Both Najin & Fatu are female, and this makes the subspecies functionally extinct.

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kJVx4 TIL that the youngest person to jump off the golden gate bridge to commit suicide in 1945 was a 5 year old little girl named marilyn demont. She was influenced by her father who jumped in seconds after. without protest she climbed over the railing and without looking back, jumped.
OGyWg TIL Clint Eastwood thought the script for "Where Eagles Dare" was "terrible" and "all exposition and complications." Eastwood requested that he be given less dialogue. Most of Schaffer's lines were given to Burton, whilst Eastwood handled most of the action scenes.
MEE7 TIL on September 11th, 2001 when the US Airspace was shutdown following the attacks, Canada took in 255 flights bound for the USA making this known as Operation Yellow Ribbon. There were over 30,000 people on all 200 flights. Many Canadians hosted the passengers at home for several days.
0dRMv TIL Penny, from "The Big Bang Theory" has a last name, revealed in season 2 if you looked closely on a package delivered to her. Her last name is Teller.
VMyZZ TIL annually since 1993, Literary Review magazine has presented the Bad Sex in Fiction Award to the author who has written the worst sex scene in a novel. Morrissey won in 2015, and in 2008 John Updike received a lifetime achievement award.