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TIL that Japanese barberry (a common garden plant) has been shown to increase tick abundance and lyme disease. It is also an invasive species in America harming many local forests.

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D1xNj TIL a man had a heart attack at a grocery store in rural Minnesota, 20 people lined up and performed CPR on him for over an hour and a half until paramedics arrived and he survived.
eAgD TIL Eldon Hoke claimed that he knew who killed Kurt Cobain, but said he would “let the FBI catch him”. Two days after that interview was filmed, he was hit by a train and killed.
5VeLD Today I learned: New England was originally called New Holland, but after the Dutch won the battle against the Brits over who got control over Suriname, the Dutch gave up their colonies in the North Region of America, and it's why New York used to be called New Amsterdam.
PYwMJ TIL in 1721, the now-Lutheran Danish sent missionaries to Greenland, as it was assumed the medieval Norse settlers must still be Catholic or had reverted to paganism. The Norse had died out in the early 1400s, but the Danes found Inuit there instead
jNElE TIL before she became a world famous chef, Julia Child worked as a spy for the Allies during WWII. She also invented shark repellent.