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TIL two nearly identical men with the same name were the reason that fingerprinting was invented

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lodMr TIL a South African farmer rescued a baby hippo from a flood and gave it a home. The farmer fed him, brushed his teeth and helped him. The farmer was found dead with severe bite marks from the hippo and his body submerged in the river where he rescued the hippo 6 years earlier
OojvR TIL Despite its association with the supernatural, a full moon rarely occurs on Halloween. The next time this will happen is Halloween night of 2020.
NX4Gb TIL Hawaii is the least affordable US state overall, as the cost of living is 20.32% higher than the average wage.
QNZE6 TIL the British National Archives found 29 forgeries, planted within 12 of their files, which all support elaborate claims made about WWII by historian Martin Allen, who is believed to be the only person to check out all those files. But the CPS decided not to prosecute, in part due to his health.
AD8ya TIL The 1970 Kent State Shootings directly led to the formation of the band DEVO, when co-founder Gerald Casale's friend Jeffery Miller was killed and a "devolution" joke between friends became serious.