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TIL a man successfully escaped a high security prison using only a cardboard box

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e4DD TIL that reintroducing wolves to Yellowstone changed the entire geography of the park: as elk were displaced, saplings that would have been eaten by elk were spared, riverbank erosion was brought under control, and streams and rivers shifted their courses.
j6p0p TIL of Air Commodore Lionel Charlton, who resigned as the RAF Chief Staff Officer in Iraq because he objected to the bombing of Iraqi villages.
4X7yR TIL the secret society “the skull and bones” illegally posses the bones of Apache warrior Geronimo at their Yale chapter…
vP58D Today I learned that three Neapolitan brothers established a pirate record label from a market stall in the1970s that became Italy’s third biggest record label – until police cracked down. The film 'Mixed by Erry' is an Italian film based on these events.
rNBoW TIL of the earlier War In Vietnam which was a success for Western forces. Combined British, Japanese and French forces defeated Ho Chi Minh, with the well experienced British forces having particular success.