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TIL some zoos give out "Gorrila Glasses" to visitors to prevent Gorrilas from getting aggressive due to prolonged eye contact

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E0MV TIL in the early 1930s, Stalin killed about 3.3 million Soviet Ukrainians under a plan to kill peasants in order to seize their land. After starving in mass numbers as a result of Stalin’s orders, Stalin blamed Ukrainians and used this as a pretext for even harsher measures.
kOARd TIL that Bob Graham's (38th Governor of Florida) political campaign included performing a full eight-hour workday of the various jobs that Floridian voters held. Starting in 1974, and totaling 408 workdays, jobs he worked included being a teacher, police officer, busboy, and construction worker.
8eEnX TIL that Ian Fleming, of James Bond fame, had an affair with the mother of the founder of Island Records, Chris Blackwell, who helped make reggae music internationally popular and recorded some of its biggest names
OjZ6 TIL The Mormon Church bought $560,000,000.00 (almost 400,000 acres) of Florida Property last year. They now own almost 700,000 acres, about 2% of state.
BeJy TIL a woman from Michigan,US gave birth on 10/10/10, 09/09/09 and 08/08/08 whose odds are 50 million to one.