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TIL A hidden ecosystem seems to lurk six miles below the Mariana Trench, offering clues for finding life across the solar system.

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GYgv4 TIL that when a three year old boy fell into a gorilla enclosure and lost consciousness, a female gorilla whose name was Binti Jua stood between the boy and the other gorillas in a protective gesture, This incident helped create a positive public perception of gorillas.
O7jL TIL: Men and women experience near equal levels of online harassment, women are more likely to be upset by it.
7BjP TIL: James Earl Jones drove cross-country and used Darth as his handle on the CB radio. The truck drivers would really freak out
pYPjA TIL in The Shawshank Redemption, Morgan Freeman's character was asked why he is called "Red" and he jokingly replied, "Maybe because I'm Irish." The character in the book was an Irish man with red hair, but the filmmakers cast Freeman for the role and added the line for humor.
mxg6p TIL about Hoover, the talking seal. He first learned to vocalize from the human family who saved him and his accent reflects their New England speech. Additional sources in the comments.