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TIL When a squirrel feels it is being watched it may deceptively pretend to bury an object then hide the object in its mouth

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OGBAa TIL that all but one the first cryogenically frozen humans eventually decomposed due to either mismanagement, faulty equipment or family issues.
QJEva TIL that as a result of the great difficulty in communicating and convening for assembly due to a lack of functioning roads, poorly maintained bridges and slow postal delivery, it took two months for George Washington to learn he had won the presidency
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