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TIL: Rhesus macaques were introduced to Silver Springs state park in the 30s but, now 400 strong, they now harbor a disease fatal to humans.

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OGB67 TIL that in some parts of Brazil, analog TV broadcasting is expected to continue until 2023.
691MQ TIL: João Teixeira de Faria is a self proclaimed medium and "psychic surgeon" able to perform remote and invisible surgeries. He's been on James Randi, Oprah, ABC news, etc. He made $10 million in 2014 selling cures. Many patients died and he is now in jail for 489 years for numerous crimes.
OodRR TIL the first country to recognize Greek independence was not any of the western powers, but Haiti, who alledgedly sent 25ton of Coffee beans to finance their rebellion
kOMJ1 TIL By launch day, Apollo 11 Command Module Pilot Michael Collins accumulated 400 hours in a command-module simulator, running emergency scenarios and rehearsing every step of the journey
r9gM TIL: The FBI testified to “100% certainty” of finger print match of an innocent man (and how little science is involved in forensic “science”).