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TIL that Madidi National Park in Bolivia may be most biologically diverse place on earth

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MeXVm TIL that the Mouse Utopia Experiments In the 1960s had a huge influence on the animated film The Secret of Nimh. NIMH stands for the National Institute of Mental Health, by the way.
rNNRM TIL of Commander James H. Ward, the first US Naval officer to be killed in the American Civil War. A destroyer named after him fired the first American shots of the Pacific Theater in WW2, sinking a Japanese submarine. Actor Andy Devine is his great-grandson.
vPvg4 TIL The Netherlands gives Canada 20,000 tulips every year as a thank you for protecting the Dutch royal family in ww2
epxeE TIL rapper Mos Def began his career as an actor. Before the release of his critically acclaimed album 'Black On Both Sides' in 1998, he had already starred in multiple sitcoms, had a Visa commercial with Deion Sanders, and played a small role in the short film 'Ghosts' alongside Michael Jackson
N7pAb TIL 39 minutes of footage was cut from first John Wick movie and it mostly included visually amazing shots which were "just Keanu Reeves walking in cool environments."