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TIL there's a train station in Paris named after Rosa Parks

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e0o4b TIL that Florida had brought in 2 Irula tribesmen from India to catch the invasive Burmese pythons. When 1000 hunters were able to manage catching just 106 snakes, the duo caught 27 snakes in just 4 weeks, including a 16 ft long female.
Vd88 TIL that Bill Murray was pre-med in college but dropped out after being arrested for marijuana possession. After, he joined the National Lampoon Radio Hour with Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, and Gilda Radner.
b9Qgp TIL that all modern horses are likely descended from a single male ancestor. Wild stallions were aggressive and untamable, so he was probably a timid stallion for whom domestication was the only chance to get laid.
kJdaE TIL 2100, 2200 and 2300 will NOT be a leap years, due to the fact that if a year is divisible by 100, but not 400, the year is skipped as a leap year, to counteract that a year is not actually 365.25 days long, but about 365.2422 instead, meaning the rule makes up for 3 days every 400 years.
w4XE TIL An Ebay listing for a sea urchin turned out to be a new species, later given the name Coelopleurus exquisitus