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TIL the official business and office attire in Hawaii is the aloha shirt instead of a suit and tie

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X0pWQ TIL Red fox, (Vulpes vulpes) has the largest natural distribution of any land mammal except human beings
N6VJ TIL Phil Hartman was in talks with The Simpsons producers to create a live action film starring Troy McClure. You might remember him from such self-help videos as “Smoke Yourself Thin”, and “Get Confident, Stupid.”
Ze5D TIL: Jason Lewis circumnavigated the Earth without using motors or sails. He walked, cycled, & inline skated 5 continents. He kayaked, swam, rowed, & pedalled a boat across the rivers, seas, and oceans. It took him 13 years to complete the 46,505-mile journey.
7r87p TIL that during the Iran-Contra hearings, Senator Daniel Inouye remarked that "[There exists] a shadowy Government with...the ability to pursue its own ideas of the national interest, free from all checks and balances, and free from the law itself."
4kXPo TIL An orange tree blight began spreading from China in the 90s. It has now infected trees worldwide and is decimating orange production. Orange harvest is down 72% in Florida and 31% in Brazil. There is no known cure for the blight and scientists are frantically trying to find a cure.