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TIL that in 1995 a California woman contracted the bubonic plague when she ran over a squirrel in her power mower

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4XO6w TIL since 2015 the Saudi Crown Prince has purchased a $450 million Leonardo da Vinci painting, a $300 million mansion and a $500 million yacht.
rRPn0 TIL that citrus trees are almost always grafted and need to have their "suckers" removed if they're growing from the original rootstock (below the grafting point). Letting them grow could overtake the "scion" variety meant to produce the edible fruit. The rootstock fruit is usually watery and bland
e09VL TIL California has a larger economy ($2.75T GDP) than the UK ($2.62T GDP) despite California having a much smaller labour force of 19.3 million vs the UKs 33.8 million.
wR0J TIL that cows have “best friends” and get stressed when separated.
gRM9 TIL that both a new species of iranian spider, Filistata maguirei, and a genus of spider crabs, Maguimithrax, have been named after Tobey Maguire because of his role as spiderman.