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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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W7XQB TIL about a monument in Kyoto, Japan called Mimizuka (Ear Mound). Known as the city's least mentioned and most often avoided tourist attraction, it contains at least 68,000 noses severed during the Japanese invasions of Korea (1592–1598).
V5m TIL there is a conspiracy theory that Egyptian treasures and tunnels were found in the Grand Canyon in 1909 and subsequently covered up by the Smithsonian. The area in question has numerous Egyptian landmark names and is currently off-limits to all hikers.
e0oGn TIL that during WWII Merchant Seafarers had a proportionately higher death rate than any of the armed forces
wLQvY TIL in 2016 a British reality show about surviving the wilderness of the Scottish highlands, but was cancelled after 4 episodes. The producers decided not to tell contestants that the show had been cancelled and allowed them to continue living in the wilderness for over a year to no end.
OGnP4 TIL Hot-dog diplomacy -- a “soft-power” tactic of American international relations -- started when First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt planned a picnic lunch for King George VI of Great Britain's official state visit in 1939. King George apparently asked for seconds and washed it all down with beer.