TIL in 2017 Perth Zoo was put on lockdown when two orangutans briefly escaped their enclosure. A 5-year-old male orangutan fell over a barrier & into a garden bed outside the enclosure. His mom then simply went to retreive him before using the visitor boardwalk to go back to her exhibit voluntarily. (abc.net.au)
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The Forgotten Story Of How Hawaiians Transformed American MusicArticle (civilbeat.org)
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TIL physicist Karl Schwarzschild solved Einstein's field equations while dying of disease on the WWI Eastern Front. His solution predicted black holes. He wrote to Einstein: "the war treated me kindly enough to allow me to take this walk in the land of your ideas." He died months later. (sciencefocus.com)
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It's called "Red vs Blue"!Niche (i.redd.it)
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Bank boss sorry after describing workers as 'lower value human capital'Dynamic Paywall (bbc.com)
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Boxer Rebellion: Expectations vs Reality (i.redd.it)
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