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TIL there is a group of redditors trying to purchase an island

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RNWj TIL after the eruption of Krakatoa in Indonesia in 1883, the atmospheric debris resulted in blood red sunsets all over the world for months. The painting “The Scream” depicts a Krakatoa sunset over Oslo, Norway
jNPYN TIL of the Judas Goat - in an effort to rid the Galapagos Islands of goats, park rangers sterilize and inject hormones into a female goat putting her into heat. The wild goats are attracted to her and rangers shoot all of her potential mates.
LQrDd TIL Taking a double dose of Plan B if overweight does not make it more effective.
40Gw TIL that when C-SPAN asked for illegal copies of Stephen Colbert’s controversial 2006 White House Correspondents’ Dinner speech to be removed from Youtube, Google bought the rights to the video and therey saved the viral videos which were already watched 2.7M times in under 48 hours.
Wko14 TIL that to know when to mate, a male giraffe will continuously headbutt the female in the bladder until she urinates. The male then tastes the pee and that helps it determine whether the female is ovulating.