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TIL Hitler wanted to create his own Jurassic Park for big game hunting.

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grZXy TIL that 218 species and subspecies of primates across the globe are currently threatened by roads, railways, pipelines, and transmission lines. That is nearly half of all primates species in the world.
m11OP TIL about the Ni'ihau incident, where a Japanese pilot landed after the Pearl Harbor attack and tried to fight on
Qawd TIL that George Lucas was originally going to direct Apocalypse Now. However, he shelved the project due to the studio’s safety concerns as Lucas wanted to shoot the film in Vietnam while the war was still going on.
74AL TIL New York police officers used to carry an 11 inch club during the day, and a 26 inch club at night, when things were more dangerous. This is the origin of the term nightstick
KY6b4 TIL that the Ark of the Covenant, if constructed as described in the Bible, would actually function as an electrical capacitor storing and discharging static electricity