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TIL Groundhogs and Woodchucks are the same animal.

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gMmmA TIL that President Grant in 1875 called for taxing Church property equally and wrote that its tax exempt status was "an evil that, if permitted to continue, will probably lead to great trouble in our land".
oBMxW TIL 70% of guns used by the Mexican cartels are smuggled in from the US
M8N0 TIL the Church of Satan doesn’t worship Satan. In fact they don’t believe in the existence of Satan or any other Supernatural beings.
NNXE TIL that Niel Armstrong and his crew had to clear customs/immigration after returning from the moon. They declared moon rock and dust.
XERgX TIL that Charles Dickens, who desperate for money, penned the classic holiday tale in six weeks only to sell out within a week.