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TIL Americans have worse dental health than the British.
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TIL The statue of young David was made from a flawed piece of marble that had been ruined by two artists, and no one was willing to work on it. Despite the flaws in the marble, Michelangelo accepted the challenge and created this masterpiece.
RA77
TIL that in 1986, when a five year old boy fell into a gorilla enclosure and lost consciousness, a gorilla named Jambo stood between the boy and the other gorillas in a protective gesture, he even stroke the boys back. This incident helped create a positive public perception of gorillas.
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TIL Bob the Railway dog would hitch rides on the South Australian Railways system, travelling thousands of miles sitting in front of the coal space. He had no master but was loved by engineers and trainmen. He was given a collar that read- Stop me not, but let me jog, For I am Bob, the drivers dog.
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TIL sea level rise is attributed to ice melting on land, not ice melting on the sea. Like a glass of water with ice; the volume doesn’t change when it melts, so we need to beware of Greenland and Antarctica’s ice melting.
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TIL that every man who has walked on the moon is now at least 80 years old. Which means there will probably be a time in the not-so-distant future when no living human has walked on the moon.