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Today I learned no NBA player has ever been born in Vermont

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yV5Gp TIL that the southern Appalachian Mountain region has areas that qualify as a temperate rainforest
QJKgM TIL that Finland's reindeer herders wanted to reduce the 4,000 annual reindeer road deaths. They painted antlers in fluorescent colors, hung reflectors around necks, and used movable traffic signs. This failed, so they tried a mobile app for drivers to register sightings and get reindeer warnings.
oBaO8 TIL that in 1671, Francois Vatel was responsible for a 2,000 person banquet in honor of King Louis XIV. He was so distraught about the lateness of the fish that he committed suicide. His body was found by someone announcing the delivery of the fish.
9wBLQ TIL Jared Leto gifted a rat to his co-star Margot Robbie while filming Suicide Squad, naming it Rat Rat. Her landlord didn't allow it so Rat Rat was given to co-star Jai Courtney and then a costumer on the movie until it was given to Guillermo Del Toro's daughters
4kPmw TIL The largest human-made structure visible from space is not the Great Wall of China but El Ejido, a large complex of plastic greenhouses in the province of Almería, southeastern Spain