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TIL Matt Groening originally planned for Krusty the Clown to be Homer Simpson in disguise. This is why Krusty looks so similar to Homer.

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4eno TIL Chickens will share responsibility of sitting on eggs and raising young, they let other chickens know about food before feeding themselves, and they warn each other of predators.
ADdLB TIL about the Oka Crisis, when the Mohawk community of Kanesatake, joined by natives from other communities in Canada and the United States, rebelled against an attempt by the local Canadian government to build a golf course over sacred Mohawk land.
d8XBr TIL It is estimated that trillions of oysters once surrounded New York City, filtering bacteria and acting as a natural buffer against storm surges.
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loKQ5 TIL in 2014, an 89 year old WW2 veteran, Bernard Shaw went missing from his nursing home. It turned out that he went to Normandy for the 70th anniversary of D-Day landings against the nursing home's orders. He left the home wearing a grey mack concealing the war medals on his jacket.