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TIL Eric Goode, the director of Tiger King, is a lifelong conservationist who protected over 65,000 acres of habitat for endangered turtles and tortoises through his his non-profit, the Turtle Conservancy.

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lLJ7 TIL Brendan Hufford, founder of kids martial arts company OK Kimonos, once held a clothing drive for poor children in Brazil that raised $3,000 and 100 uniforms. He didn’t donate any of the uniforms or money to the charity, but promoted his business as doing such.
ADodg TIL IKEA allowed a giant hide-and-seek game in a store for the 30th birthday of a woman who planned the meet-up on FB; over 1K people signed up to play. More hide-and-seek parties popped up on FB including 19K signing up in Amsterdam. IKEA no longer allows hide-and-seek in their stores.
JVpl TIL Blue is the most liked colour by far, chosen by almost half of the US and European population as their favourite colour.
7rBRr TIL To judge the people by their actions not words
Bdvr TIL Ancient Romans would sell themselves into slavery rather than pay taxes.