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TIL that in 1999 there was a TV show called The Chimp Channel starring chimpanzees and orangutans that spoofed popular culture

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ne87b TIL about PS General Slocum, a passenger steamboat that burned and sank into the East River in 1904. An estimated 1,021 of the 1,342 passengers died, the largest loss of life in terms of disaster in NYC until 9/11.
XEWRR TIL the Megatherium or giant Sloth was the largest bipedal mammal in the history of the earth
b6RbN TIL that after England was knocked out of Euro 2004 by Portugal, English tabloids found the email address of the Swiss referee and published it. He received 16,000 hate emails overnight. After that "the Sun" also published the email address of a Swiss radio DJ, who tried to defend his compatriot
e1NL TIL People who grew up with black and white TV are more likely to dream in monochrome than those who grew up with color TV.
woVd6 TIL that Sirhan Sirhan, convicted assassin of Robert Kennedy, was granted parole last year and almost got out but Governor Newsom blocked his release in January 2022.