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TIL that in 2004 the first wolverine sighting was made in Michigan in over 200 years.

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OGON6 TIL that elephants can also communicate through seismic signals - sounds that create vibrations in the ground - which they may detect through their bones.
lvVr TIL that German police fired off 85 rounds of bullets in 2011, that’s the entire police force for the whole year
78ox TIL that religious practices were officially banned in Albania between 1967 to 1991. This made Albania the first and only constitutionally atheist state to ever exist.
d8WmK TIL That a soccer/football game in the UK was canceled shortly after it began due to heavy fog, everyone left except goalkeeper Sam Bartram who didn't hear the referee and guarded his goal in silence for 15 minutes before a policeman came and told him of the cancellation.
6EZXl TIL of the Social Gospel: an early 20th century Christian movement dedicated to unionization, homing everyone, feeding the poor, solving economic inequality, and social justice. They believed the second coming couldn't happen until humans solved these problems.