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TIL that places that end in -stan mean "places of" in Persian

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b9484 TIL mandrills are the world's largest monkeys and they are found in Cameroon, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, and Congo. The red and blue pigments, which are highly favored by females, derive from light diffraction in facial collagen fibers. Every night, each mandrill group sleeps in a different tree.
6wA8 TIL of the Mallows Bay ghost fleet, a massive group of US WWI ships intentionally sunk in the Potomac River, about an hour’s drive from Washington, DC. Along with other wrecks in the immediate area, some 200 ships dating back to the Revolutionary War can be found there, many visible from the shore.
WkPQL TIL that the singer who sang “Let it snow” (Dean Martin) died on Christmas Day, exactly 1 hour in difference than when his mother died also on Christmas Day a few years before his death
Rvrj TIL that Bryan Cranston voiced many monsters in the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers and the Blue Ranger (Billy Cranston) is named after him
Z8BL4 TIL that the velociraptor noises in Jurassic Park are actually tortoises having sex