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TIL in Florida suffered catastrophic wildfires during 1995. Florida’s Division of forestry later discovered that the underlying problem was the cessation of controlled burning, which was stopped at the behest of homeowners.

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x6yKo TIL the largest island in Denmark is Zealand but it's not related to New Zealand (which was named for Zeeland in the Netherlands).
M7YRW TIL Toki Pona is a language created by Sonja Lang that presents around 120 words.
Gex5 TIL That Medieval Pope Gregory IX considered cats to be the ‘incarnation of Satan’. Leading to a mass killing of cats, causing the rat population to swell, quickening the spread of the Black Death (fifth paragraph)
e0aek TIL of a tribe of nomadic divers that have evolved larger spleens allowing them to hold their breaths for up to 13 minutes and catch fish more than 200 feet underwater
8l14 TIL Income tax in the UK was a temporary measure introduced to pay for the Napoleonic wars. It’s still a temporary tax, which will expire if not renewed by an act of parliament each year.