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TIL that the Isle of Man has an invasive species of up to 100 Wallabies that escaped from wildlife park in the 60s

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PYnPJ TIL of Hershel Williams, a W. VA farm boy who earned the Medal of Honor for Valor at Iwo Jima, 75 years ago this month. He was the last man standing in his special weapons unit, wielding a flamethrower to clear out 7 Japanese fortified pill boxes. Now 96, he is one of the few WW2 MoH holders alive.
j6Rgv TIL Kim Jong Il's birth name was Yuri Irsenovich Kim
Or8a TIL Bing Crosby was a lifelong golfer. He died at the age of 74 immediately after finishing 18 holes. His last words were reportedly “That was a great game of golf, fellas.”
VMAWk TIL that the phrase "blood is thicker than water" originally meant the opposite. The full phrase is “The blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb.” Meaning bonds formed by choice are stronger than those of simple genetics.
mxMLE TIL considered today the worlds largest living organism is a grove of 47,000 Aspen which are basically clones of each other. Together they would weigh around 6,600 tons (5,987 metric tons). The General Sherman sequoia itself weighs just a few hundred tons less, a testament to the size of a sequoia.