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TIL Dian Fossey, the conservationist who lived with Gorillas for several years, was murdered while doing research in Rwanda

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DKeg TIL: The discoverer of a gene for Green Fluorescent Protein lost his grant, didn’t get tenure, left academe and was working at a car dealership in Huntsville, Alabama, when he learned that former colleagues had won the Nobel Prize using the gene he sequenced.
neEdd TIL some plants that relied on extinct animals to disperse their seeds now rely on rodents, who will bury them. The seeds travel further when other rodents steal them, and bury them again, and again, and again, etc.
W7dP9 TIL That Dave Seville (Real Name Ross Bagdasarian) Of Alvin And The Chipmunks Fame Played The Composer In Rear Window (1954)
mxQey TIL that Luicius Tarquinius Collatinus, who led the overthrow of the Roman monarchy and made Rome into a republic, was still called upon to resign his consulship by the people because he shared the name Tarquinius with the overthrown king.
VMOb0 TIL A Navy study showed that washing hands 5 times daily reduced incidence of respiratory infections by 45% over a two year period.